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MPs to discuss Zimbabwe situation UK 'will stand with' Zimbabweans
(30 minutes later)
UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband is to make a House of Commons statement at 1230 BST on Zimbabwe's election. Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said the UK "stands with" the people of Zimbabwe as it awaits the results of its recent elections.
Commons leader Harriet Harman, standing in for Gordon Brown at prime minister's questions, expressed "concern" and "solidarity" with the country's people. He told MPs the country had the "opportunity" of a "democratic future".
The election happened on Saturday but the result is still not known. The opposition Movement for Democratic Change has claimed victory in Saturday's poll but results have not been published.
First official indications suggest neither President Robert Mugabe nor challenger Morgan Tsvangirai gained the necessary 50% of the vote. Mr Miliband said the delay had been a "calculated tactic" by President Robert Mugabe's regime.
'Respected' 'Brutality'
Mr Tsvangirai says he won, but reports say a presidential run-off is likely. He added that the "playing field" had been "tilted heavily" in favour of Mr Mugabe's Zanu-PF party.
On Monday Mr Brown said the "eyes of the world" were on the country and that the results of Saturday's poll should be published. Mr Miliband also said conditions for free and fair elections must be in place if a second round of voting is called.
During prime minister's questions, Ms Harman said MPs would express "concern and solidarity for the people of Zimbabwe and that they should have their democratic election respected and recognised". Shadow foreign secretary William Hague said years of "brutality and repression" in Zimbabwe had made it a "political pressure-cooker".
She added that the UK was Zimbabwe's biggest donor and would be "ready to step up that support" together with the international community. It would "no doubt take more than his [Mr Mugabe's] departure for the country to recover" from years of corruption and economic decline, he added.
Shadow foreign secretary William Hague, standing in for Conservative leader David Cameron, urged the government to "send the clearest possible signal that the world will be there to help the people of Zimbabwe". Earlier, Commons leader Harriet Harman, standing in for Gordon Brown at prime minister's questions, expressed "concern" and "solidarity" with the country's people.
Mr Brown is attending an international summit in Romania. She said MPs felt "concern and solidarity for the people of Zimbabwe and that they should have their democratic election respected and recognised".
Ms Harman added that the UK was Zimbabwe's biggest donor and would be "ready to step up that support" together with the international community.
On Monday Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the "eyes of the world" were on the country and that the results of Saturday's poll should be published.
He is attending an international summit in Romania.