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For the first time in 25 years, Zimbabwe president lands in the UK

For the first time in 25 years, Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrives in the UK for the COP26 summit.

Relations between Zimbabwe and the UK became stiff during the rule of Mr Mnangagwa’s predecessor, Robert Mugabe, following the take-over of white-owned farms and violence against opposition members.

In a tweet, Mr Mnangagwa was grateful to the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and UN Secretary General António Gueterres for welcoming him to the summit being held in the city of Glasgow in Scotland.

Mr Mnangagwa tweeted a picture of himself with the two, and said that “reengagement is working”.

Critics have dismissed suggestions that the visit is a strategic coup for the government.

“This is a UN Climate change summit not a bilateral meeting,” one said.

During the weekend, Mr Mnangagwa told his supporters: “I have been invited by Boris Johnson, and he has indicated he might meet me one on one.”

 

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