Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe on Friday vowed not make any further concessions with his partners in a unity government until western sanctions are removed, the state news agency said.
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, pictured on August 17, on Friday vowed not make any further concessions with his partners in a unity government until western sanctions are removed, the state news agency said.
Mugabe told his ZANU-PF party's central committee in the capital Harare that Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai must call for the removal of a western travel ban and asset freeze on the 86-year-old leader and his inner circle.
"They have to get those sanctions off if they want any concessions from us," Mugabe said, according to the New Ziana agency.
"There are no more concessions. We will never ever move," he said.
Both the European Union and the United States maintain a travel ban and asset freeze on Mugabe, his wife and inner circle in protest at a series of disputed elections since 2002 and alleged human rights abuses by his government.
The unity deal was signed nearly two years ago, but the feuding parties are still battling over a series of top political posts.
Source: AFP
