Zimbabwe opposition denies talks to resume

Tue Jul 8, 2008 12:03pm EDT
 
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HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Tuesday denied a newspaper report that his party had agreed to resume talks with the ruling ZANU-PF party to resolve the country's political crisis.

"The MDC unequivocally states the report by the Herald is false and is a figment of the dictatorship's imagination," Tsvangirai said in a statement released by his Movement for Democratic Change.

Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa told the state-controlled Herald newspaper that talks between President Robert Mugabe's ruling party and the MDC would take place under the mediation of South African President Thabo Mbeki, the designated regional negotiator.

 
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