LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday neither he nor any senior member of his government would attend a planned summit of African and European leaders alongside Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.
Speaking at a news conference in London, Brown reiterated his determination to boycott the first European Union-Africa Union summit in seven years, scheduled for Lisbon in December, if Mugabe was present.
"I would not attend and no senior government minister will attend," he said. "We are not prepared to sit down at the same table as Mr Mugabe."
Critics accuse Mugabe of rigging elections, human rights abuses, and presiding over the collapse of Zimbabwe's economy, now marked by the world's highest inflation rate of about 6,600 percent and joblessness of about 80 percent.
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He is not, trust me. He is however, astute at picking up on how the English are enraged by Mugabe.
ReplyDeletebush gets harangued for shunning the baddies, but brown gets praise.
ReplyDeletethey both deserve praise.
brown gets it because he is a leftie.