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Mugabe Comments Annoy the West (news)

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Original Post Date: 2010-08-03 Time: 08:00:01  Posted By: News Poster

By Kitsepile Nyathi

Nairobi – President Robert Mugabe’s outbursts at his sister’s burial have angered Western diplomats in a development that further threatens efforts to end Zimbabwe’s isolation.

President Mugabe used the Sunday burial of his sister, Sabina to lash out at Western nations for maintaining sanctions against his family and members of his Zanu PF party.

He told the countries to go to “hell”, accusing them of wanting to dictate Zimbabwe’s politics and rob the country of its resources.

Ambassadors from the United States, German, Greece and the European Union’s (EU) charge d’affairs Barbra Plinkert immediately left the national shrine where Mugabe’s sister was being buried.

One of the diplomats told the privately owned NewsDay newspaper that they were baffled by Mugabe’s outburst.

“The president told us to go to hell, we tried to find our way there but we couldn’t. We waited for him to finish his speech and we left,” said the diplomat.

“This was a Christian funeral and those of us who came to pay our last respects were told to go hell.”

The state owned broadcaster on Monday ran several bulletins attacking the diplomats for walking out. “They cannot be good to us today, when they were not good to us yesterday. They detained us, jailed us, shot at us, bombed us and slaughtered us in our hundreds,” he said. “We bore the brunt of their cruelties and shall never forget.”Mugabe said a “European-American clique” imposed sanctions for their own reasons.”Europe and America want to keep these odious sanctions. They are now saying Mugabe must go first, and they choose someone to lead the country,” he said.

Zimbabwe and the EU opened talks last year to normalise their relations that soured over a decade ago after the block imposed on sanctions on Mugabe and his inner circle.

The EU has demanded more reforms in Harare before the sanctions can be lifted.

Original Source: The Nation (Nairobi)
Original date published: 2 August 2010

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201008030014.html?viewall=1