Shongedzai Mugwagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa castigated illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West saying that Zimbabwe does not pose any threat to any country in the World, the Harare Post can report.
President Mnangagwa was addressing mourners who thronged the national shrine for the burial of the late Brigadier General, Emilio Emias Munemo
President Mnangagwa said that Zimbabwe was a rising giant and he metaphorically likened it to departure train heading for a country of greatness.
“Zimbabwe is a train on the move - you either board or abandon it”, he confidently said to loud cheers and applaud from the mourners.
Recently, the United States of America renewed its illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe which have been in existence since 2002. However, Zimbabwe has remained unfazed by the embargoes.
Sources in the top hierarch of Government revealed that although the extension of sanctions on Zimbabwe was regrettable, President Mnangagwa and his Government would keep talking to the West to remove the embargoes which have stifled the Zimbabwean economy.
The US said Zimbabwe and some of the individuals continued to pose a threat to their foreign policy but in responding, President Mnangagwa boldly declared that neither his country nor any individual pose any threat to any country in the World.
“I am aware that the United States Government has imposed sanctions on our country. We call for the unconditional removal of the illegal and completely unjustified sanctions on our country which are violating the basic human rights of our people. We fought in peace and we believe in peace and we do not pose any type of threat to any country in the world,” he said.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday extended by one year sanctions against Zimbabwe, saying that President Mnangagwa’s government policies still posed an “unusual and extraordinary” threat to U.S. foreign policy.
The renewal comes despite calls by various individuals from the Churches, businesses and African leaders like South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, for the sanctions to be lifted to give the country a chance to recover from its economic crisis.
According to U.S. officials, there are 141 entities and individuals in Zimbabwe, including Mnangagwa and Mugabe, under U.S. sanctions.
The government says the sanctions law bars U.S. officials from voting for Zimbabwe to access funds from foreign lenders like the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, hobbling its economy, which is gripped by a severe shortage of dollars.
The unfazed President Mnangagwa rounded up his speech by advising the multitudes that Zimbabwe will keep fostering with its re-engagement efforts to enable the economy to lip frog the economy and catch up with the rest in development.
