The Group of Eight (G8) foreign ministers on Friday expressed "grave concern" about the situation in Zimbabwe at a meeting held in the ancient Japanese city of Kyoto.
"We deplore the actions of the Zimbabwean authorities... which have made a free and fair Presidential run-off election impossible," said a document entitled "G8 Foreign Ministers' Statement on Zimbabwe," released during the working sessions of the G8 foreign ministers meeting.
"We strongly urge the Zimbabwean authorities to work with the opposition to achieve a prompt, peaceful resolution of the crisis...cooperate fully with the international efforts," said the statement.
The statement said that the ministers will continue to closely monitor the situation.
The two-day meeting, which concluded Friday, is the last of a series of G8 ministerial conferences in the run-up to the G8 summit scheduled for July 7-9 at the Toyako (Lake Toya) resort area in Hakkaido.
Source: Xinhua
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