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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9716

2 August 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/zimbabwe
Commissioner urges Zimbabwe government to stick to its promises

Brussels, 01/08/2008 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission is concerned that despite the current political talks between the President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe (of the Zanu-PF party) and his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai (of the MDC) on a power-sharing agreement, there is continued widespread violence and restrictions on humanitarian aid for the Zimbabwean population. It urges the parties to stick to the promises made in the Memorandum of Understanding of 21 July 2008.

In a press release...