Staff Reporter
President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana has amplified his calls for the removal of illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Britain and her allies.
Speaking in Harare yesterday, President Masisi said Zimbabwe was grumbling under the yoke of baneful sanctions by Britain and her allies triggered when the country addressed the land inequalities. President Masisi boldly reassured ZANU PF supporters that Botswana would stand by Zimbabwe until the illegal sanctions are removed unconditionally.
“Botswana continues to call for the removal of sanctions against Zimbabwe. These sanctions must go. They must go forever.
“They are also sanctions against Botswana. If Zimbabwe is sanctioned, Botswana is sanctioned and we cannot live like that. So tell your friends that we don’t like the sanctions,” said President Masisi.
The visiting Botswana President also took time to applause the existing cordial relationship between ZANU PF and Botswana Democratic Party (BDP).
“I was just telling him (President Mnangagwa) we just came from our elective congress in our ruling party and ZANU PF was represented very well. We had a wonderful congress. We are the ruling party in Botswana and you are the ruling party in Zimbabwe. The two parties are friends and the two of us belong to parties of former liberation movements,” said President Masisi.
President Masisi who is in the country to officially open the 112th Zimbabwe Agricultural Show (ZAS today is accompanied by his wife, Botswana First Lady Neo Jane Masisi.
SADC and AU have been calling for the removal of sanctions on Zimbabwe saying they block the country’s efforts towards the realisation of the United Nations (UN) targets of 2030. Currently President Mnangagwa has steered Zimbabwe towards attaining an upper middle-income economy by 2030.
The two heads of States also discussed on economic collaborations in order to boost livelihoods of people between the two countries, the Kazungula Bridge and protection of livestock.
Soon after the closed door meeting President Mnangagwa reaffirmed Zimbabwe’s readiness to meet its obligations of joining the Kazungula project. He also said financial resources towards that requirement had already been set aside.
