Zimbabwean President Welcomes EU Delegation

(12 Sept 09 - RV) President Robert Mugabe welcomed the first top-level European Union delegation to visit Zimbabwe in seven years with "open arms" today and said talks on implementing a power-sharing deal went well. The visit by the EU Aid and Development Commissioner and the Swedish EU presidency is the first since the EU began targeted sanctions in 2002 against members of Mugabe's government for human rights violations.
At a meeting earlier this week, Southern Africa's regional body SADC said that continuing
sanctions will make it difficult for Zimbabwe's power-sharing agreement to be implemented.
But spokesperson for London’s Zimbabwe Vigil, Dennis Benton, says that despite Mugabe’s warm reception of the EU delegation, he has no intention of implementing rule of law in his country…