UN boss Ban Ki-moon on Monday hailed the joint pledge by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to launch full-fledged talks to end their election dispute.
"The Secretary General welcomes the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the parties in Zimbabwe, which provides a framework for formal talks to end the political crisis in the country," Ban's press office said in a statement.
The UN chief also praised South African President Thabo Mbeki and his mediation team for their efforts "in facilitating the signing of this agreement."
Ban renewed the UN's commitment to support these mediation efforts and urged all sides "to engage, in good faith, in serious talks that would lead to a lasting solution to the political crisis and address the urgent economic and humanitarian needs of the Zimbabwean people."
At a ceremony in Harare overseen by Mbeki earlier Monday, Mugabe and Tsvangirai signed a joint agreement on a framework for fully-fledged talks to end their country's months-long political crisis and shook hands in their first meeting in a decade.
Zimbabwe massive • zimbabwelive@aol.com Subject: The Light At The End Of The Tunnel! Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:39:01 • It is great to see things stabilizing in Zimbabwe but like many Africans we had to have bloodshed and torcher before we broke out the champagne.
For those who lost their lives and were beaten, we will never forget but for the sake of sparing more suffering we will forgive, again.
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