[Published: Sunday September 13 2009]
Mugabe hails landmark EU meeting
Harare, 12 Sept-(ANA)-President Robert Mugabe says Zimbabwe's first high-level talks with top EU officials in seven years went well.
After the talks, in Harare, he again called for international sanctions imposed since disputed presidential election in 2002 to be lifted.
The EU team also praised the meeting but indicated it was not appropriate yet for sanctions to end and complained about the slow pace of reforms.
The EU team later met PM Morgan Tsvangirai.
Before going into the talks with the EU team, Mr Mugabe said: "We welcome you with open arms. We hope our talks will be fruitful with a positive outcome."
Long-time opposition leader Mr Tsvangirai wants a removal of sanctions to be conditional on how well the power-sharing deal signed a year ago has been implemented. (ANA)
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