'We want an inclusive govt'
24/04/2008 13:19  - (SA)  

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Unity govt 'best for Zim' Tsvangirai arrives in Moz for talks

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Maputo - Zimbabwe's opposition chief Morgan Tsvangirai called for an "inclusive government" on Wednesday following disputed elections but stopped short of backing a power-sharing deal with President Robert Mugabe.

"We want an inclusive government, we are in a transition," Tsvangirai told reporters in Maputo after meeting Mozambican President Armando Guebuza in the latest stop on a regional diplomatic tour aimed at raising support.

But Tsvangirai said the question of a national unity government, which was suggested on Wednesday by state-run Zimbabwean newspaper The Herald - a government mouthpiece - "does not arise at the moment".

"I am sure that the ongoing political impasse can be solved," he added.

Tsvangirai also called for an end to the post-election violence that his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) says has taken the lives of 10 opposition activists since the March 29 polls.

The MDC was the winner of the parliamentary elections and Tsvangirai says he also won the presidential race against Mugabe, the official results of which have not yet been announced.

Both elections are still up in the air amid a partial vote recount.

In Mozambique, Tsvangirai also met with Afonso Dhlakama, head of the opposition former rebel Mozambique National Resistance (RENAMO) movement, and former president Joaquim Chissano, a Mugabe ally.

"I do not advise Tsvangirai to take up arms. He needs to tell regional leaders that he will set up a government of national unity," Dhlakama told reporters after meeting Tsvangirai.

- AFP

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