Zimbabwe Negotiations Break Down
originally published: 29th July 2008
Negotiations between Robert Mugabe's party and the Zimbabwe opposition to end the political crisis have ended in deadlock.
The opposition MDC has said that the only offer forthcoming from Mugabe's Zanu-PF was that Morgan Tsvangirai should be made vice-president - with no executive powers. An MDC official told the Reuters news agency: "The talks have reached a deadlock and cannot be moved forward. "Apparently, the Zanu-PF negotiators were only mandated to negotiate around the vice presidency and nothing else."
Senior negotiators from the two parties started the talks last Thursday, with the objective of finding a solution to Zimbabwe's political and economic crisis, including the possibility of forming a unity government.
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