Zuma supports Zim’s re-admittance call to the Commonwealth
President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday he was backing Zimbabwe’s call to be re-admitted into the...
President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday he was backing <?xml:namespace prefix="st1" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"?><place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">Zimbabwe</country-region>’s call to be re-admitted into the Commonwealth after 2011.
The troubled African nation was expelled from the Commonwealth grouping because of the dictatorial reign of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.
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Zuma said Commonwealth leaders must open themselves up for talks with leaders from <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Zimbabwe</country-region>’s unity government.<?xml:namespace prefix="o" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"?>
“We should not run way from issues, you must engage. If you do not engage and participate, then you are not helping the situation,” said Zuma.
