Zimbabwe talks in danger-ZANU: PF official

HARARE (Reuters) - Power-sharing talks between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai were in danger of failing on Monday night, a ruling ZANU-PF official said.

"It looks like we have reached some kind of stalemate which is threatening the whole dialogue. Tsvangirai is moving goalposts, forcing us to negotiate issues which we had already agreed upon," said the official on condition of anonymity.

Both sides are under pressure to reach a deal that could end a post-election political crisis and increase the chances of economic recovery.

The source said Tsvangirai was asking to reopen talks on the issue of Mugabe leading a new unity government, which ZANU-PF says is not open to negotiation.

"This is an issue that we had settled and he (Tsvangirai) is also suggesting that he must be given full authority to appoint any new government."

MDC officials were not immediately available for comment.

(Reporting by Cris Chinaka; Writing by Michael Georgy; editing by Sami Aboudi)