G8 skirts around Zim sanctions
2008-07-08 17:13
Toyako - Leaders of the Group of Eight powers called for "further steps" against Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's regime, but avoided any mention of sanctions in a statement on Tuesday.
The leaders, several of whom have called for UN sanctions against Zimbabwe during their summit in Japan, said they would take further action, including financial measures, against the African nation over its contested election.
"We will take further steps, inter alia introducing financial and other measures against those individuals responsible for the violence," they said in a special statement on Zimbabwe.
- AFP