Harare, 20 March-(ANA)-Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has called for $5bn (£3.5bn) in international aid to revive his nation's shattered economy.
He also repeated his call for an end to "cruel" EU and American sanctions.
Hyperinflation, food shortages and massive unemployment have brought Zimbabwe's economy to collapse.
Launching the government's Short-term Emergency Recovery Programme in Harare, Mr Mugabe appealed to the "friends of Zimbabwe" to come to the country's aid.
"I, on behalf of the inclusive government and the people of Zimbabwe, say: 'friends of Zimbabwe, please come to our aid'," he told business leaders and government officials at the presentation.
The wide-ranging recovery plan lifts stringent price controls that have fuelled black marketeering and inflation. It also calls for reviving agriculture - which has been devastated under Mr Mugabe's land reform programme - as well as mining, manufacturing and tourism. (ANA)
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