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(TALKZIMBABWE) Britain losing influence over Zimbabwe

Britain losing influence over Zimbabwe
Mhofeti - Britain losing influence over Zimbabwe
Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:09:00 +0000

DEAR EDITOR - (This article is in response to Britain's statement that sanctions on Zimbabwe will stay until full implementation of the Global Political Agreement). Sanctions may stay only because Britain is exploiting its influential position on international politics.

But as they begin to entangle themselves with conflicting statements in an attempt to deny and justify the existence of sanctions at the same time, some of that historical influence is and surely will wear away.

Let us not forget that the crisis surrounding the implementation of the GPA was fuelled by the failure by the United States and Britain to immediately endorse the power-sharing deal as they did with the Northern Ireland one.

And Britain, of all nations, to say they want to see the full implementation of the GPA now, does not inspire much confidence.

All that Zimbabwe and Africa were asking for from the US and Britain was a chance to put their house in order without these two countries screaming to the whole world who is to blame and better placed to rule in Zimbabwe.

It is not normal practice that an impartial mediator has a publicly known outcome and prefered party of the feuding parties in a political stalemate.

Labels: GLOBAL POLITICAL AGREEMENT, SANCTIONS, UK, ZDERA

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