Bush hopes for Zimbabwe resolution 'soon'

AFP, July, 2008

WASHINGTON (AFP) — US President George W. Bush and visiting Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore on Wednesday discussed efforts to bring a peaceful end to Zimbabwe's deadly turmoil and confront violence in Sudan.

Bush told Compaore he was "disappointed" by Russian and Chinese vetoes last week of new UN sanctions aimed at Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe and said Washington was weighing sanctions "beyond" the proposed UN measures.

"We deeply care about the plight of the citizens of Zimbabwe, and we hope there's a peaceful resolution soon," Bush told Compaore, whose country voted in favor of the UN package, including an assets freeze and a travel ban.

"We also, of course, underlined the need -- the urgency, especially -- for the re-establishment of the real rule of law in Zimbawe, as well as the imperative need, the urgency, too, for Darfur," Compaore said in French.

The visiting leader cited the ...