Zim wants apology from EU over sanctions
Zimbabwe will demand an apology from the EU for imposing sanctions on President Robert Mugabe and his inner circle, state media said.
Zimbabwe will demand an apology from the EU for imposing sanctions on President Robert Mugabe and his inner circle, state media said.
The lifting of sanctions imposed by the European Union (EU) on Zimbabwe would speed up that country’s recovery, Jacob Zuma said on Thursday.
European Union and African ministers met in Accra, Ghana, on Wednesday to decide whether to risk a diplomatic storm by inviting Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe to an EU-Africa summit. Britain has said it will boycott the proposed summit in Lisbon if Mugabe attends. Some African nations have said they will stay away if the Zimbabwean leader is not invited.
Sweden and Finland on Thursday called for Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to be excluded from a European Union-Africa summit in December but left open whether they would join a British boycott if he showed up. Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen also said he had not decided whether to attend the summit in Lisbon if Mugabe came.
The Swedish government said on Monday it would donate almost -million to preserve the works and memory of legendary filmmaker Ingmar Bergman who died in July. The money will be used to host an annual international theatre festival organised by the Royal Dramatic Theatre and to make digital copies of his films.