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| Zimbabwean minister denounces EU | Zimbabwean minister denounces EU |
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| An ally of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has accused EU officials who visited the country recently of seeking to undermine the unity government. | An ally of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has accused EU officials who visited the country recently of seeking to undermine the unity government. |
| Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa said the EU delegation had sided with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. | Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa said the EU delegation had sided with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. |
| Mr Chinamasa said the EU had fallen "line, hook and sinker" for everything Mr Tsvangirai had told them. | Mr Chinamasa said the EU had fallen "line, hook and sinker" for everything Mr Tsvangirai had told them. |
| The EU refused to lift sanctions on Mr Mugabe and his top aides, citing a lack of progress over human rights. | The EU refused to lift sanctions on Mr Mugabe and his top aides, citing a lack of progress over human rights. |
| Long-time rivals Mr Tsvangirai and Mr Mugabe signed a power-sharing agreement a year ago, after a disputed election. | Long-time rivals Mr Tsvangirai and Mr Mugabe signed a power-sharing agreement a year ago, after a disputed election. |
| But Mr Tsvangirai accuses Mr Mugabe's Zanu-PF party of continuing to persecute members of his former opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). | |
| Talks went well? | Talks went well? |
| After the EU delegation completed two days of talks with both leaders over the weekend, Mr Chinamasa denounced the officials. | After the EU delegation completed two days of talks with both leaders over the weekend, Mr Chinamasa denounced the officials. |
| "They seem to want to undermine the inclusive government," he was quoted as saying in the state-run Zimbabwe Herald newspaper. | "They seem to want to undermine the inclusive government," he was quoted as saying in the state-run Zimbabwe Herald newspaper. |
| ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS EU: 2002 to presentAssets freeze and travel ban on some Mugabe allies, arms-sale banUS: 2003 to presentTrade ban against 250 Zimbabwean individuals and 17 companiesOther countriesCanada, Australia and UK among nations to have imposed their own targeted sanctions Sources: EU, Reuters, US treasury, UK Foreign Office | |
| "They speak as much as MDC-T. They just swallow line, hook and sinker what the MDC-T says." | "They speak as much as MDC-T. They just swallow line, hook and sinker what the MDC-T says." |
| The EU talks were the first in seven years with Mr Mugabe. | The EU talks were the first in seven years with Mr Mugabe. |
| The delegation said more needed to be done to stabilise the year-old power-sharing deal, as the leaders disagreed on its terms. | |
| Mr Mugabe had earlier said the talks had gone well and that he had established a "good rapport" with the delegates. | |
| He defended his record in putting together the unity government with Mr Tsvangirai, and again called for international sanctions to be lifted. | |
| He blames sanctions imposed after a disputed presidential election in 2002 for ruining the country's economy. | |
| The EU says the measures - which ban Mr Mugabe and several of his aides from travelling to the EU, and ban the sale of weapons to Zimbabwe - are aimed at ending repression and abuses in the country. | |
| The US and other countries also have targeted sanctions against Zanu-PF officials. |