Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Zim to attend summit despite EU objectcions

HARARE (Reuters) - President Robert Mugabe will attend an EU-Africa summit in Portugal in December despite a boycott threat by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Zimbabwe's information minister said on Tuesday....

Ndlovu said the Southern African Development Community (SADC) had taken a position to support Mugabe against those seeking his exclusion from the summit.

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Both SADC and the AU have warned Lisbon that the summit might not occur again if Mugabe, who is banned from travelling to parts of Western Europe as a result of targeted sanctions, was barred from Portugal.

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