Mozambican President Armando Guebuza has urged the major political parties in Zimbabwe, the ruling ZANU-PF and the opposition MDC to set up a power-sharing government "without further delay", AIM reported.
At an end of year reception given to the diplomatic corps on Friday, Guebuza pointed out that peace and stability are key factors for the success of regional integration in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). For that reason, Mozambique was committed to helping solve the crises in Zimbabwe and in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
He said he is convinced that in Zimbabwe there is no alternative to the power sharing between ZANU-PF and the MDC envisaged in the agreement that was signed in September between President Robert Mugabe, and the leaders of the two MDC factions, Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthurd Mutambara. "We are convinced that only when the inclusive government, envisaged under the overall political agreement of September, takes office and is fully operational, will Zimbabwean political leaders be able to implement the solutions they adopted in that agreement to overcome the challenges they identified," said Guebuza.
"For us, under the present conditions of Zimbabwe, there is no ideal alternative to implementing this agreement," he added.