Zimbabwe talks set to resume Sunday: Mbeki

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2008

HARARE (AFP) — Power-sharing talks between Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF and opposition MDC are set to resume Sunday, South African President Thabo Mbeki said after meeting President Robert Mugabe.

"The talks are progressing. They (the negotiators) want to resume on Sunday," Mbeki, who is mediating the talks at a secret location near Pretoria, told reporters here Wednesday.

Mbeki flew to Harare for discussions with Mugabe after the talks adjourned on Tuesday amid suggestions by the MDC that they were deadlocked.

"We came just to brief the president on how far the negotiations have gone," said the South African president.

"There are naturally some matters which require the negotiators to come back to consult. That's why they are all here in Harare today,"...