The African Union (AU) on Tuesday adopted here a resolution supporting the creation of a government of national unity for Zimbabwe through dialogue, a text of the decision said.
Reached at the ongoing 11th AU summit at the Egyptian Red Sea resort, the AU resolution decided to encourage Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to honor their commitment to initiate dialogue with a view to promoting peace, stability, democracy and reconciliation.
It also expressed support to the call for the creation of a government of national unity.
The text also expressed support to SADC (Southern African Development Community) facilitation on the issue while calling for continued SADC mediation efforts in order to assist the people and leadership of Zimbabwe to resolve the problems they are facing.
It urged the SADC to establish a mechanism on the ground in order to seize the momentum for a negotiated solution.
The resolution further appealed to states and all parties concerned to refrain from any action that may negatively impact on the climate of dialogue.
In the resolution, the AU expressed confidence that the people of Zimbabwe will be able to resolve their differences and work together once again as on Nation, provided they receive undivided support from SADC, the AU and the world at large.
The text also noted that the political leaders expressed willingness to establish a government of national unity through negotiation.
Meanwhile at a press conference, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossam Zaki confirmed that Mugabe expressed no objection to the AU resolution during the summit.
Zimbabwe held the presidential run-off election as scheduled on June 27 despite opposition Tsvangirai's withdrawal from the race.
Mugabe won the one-candidate presidential run-off election. The ZEC announced that Mugabe won 85.5 percent of the votes in the election against opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai's 9.3 percent.
Under the theme "Meeting the Millennium Development Goals on Water and Sanitation", the two-day summit gathers heads of state and government or representatives of 53 AU members, who discussed the Millennium Development Goals, the impact of soaring food prices on Africa and the problems in Zimbabwe.
Source:Xinhua
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