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TOYAKO, Japan (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush and African Union
leader Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete discussed but disagreed about sanctions
for Zimbabwe during the Group of Eight summit in Japan.
"You know I care deeply about the people of Zimbabwe," Bush said
during a news briefing. "I'm extremely disappointed in the election,
which I labeled a sham election.''
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was re-elected in a June runoff
after opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai withdrew citing escalating
violence against his followers. International leaders and
organizations denounced the election and the state-sanctioned violence
and intimidation leading up to it.
Kikwete, the Tanzanian president, told reporters the two discussed
Zimbabwe and he "understands your concerns" that also are concerns of
many leaders in Africa.
At a recent summit of the African Union many leaders expressed
"dissatisfaction at the way things happen but we also agreed on the
way forward," Kikwete said. "The only area that we may differ is on
the way forward. You see differently, but for us in Africa we see
differently. "
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has offered a resolution
that would impose sanctions on Zimbabwean leaders. The African Union
passed a resolution urging Mugabe to work with the opposition party, a
move Mugabe rejected.
The AU believes "no party can govern alone in Zimbabwe and therefore
the parties have to work together to come up to -- to come out, work
together, in a government, and then look at the future of their
country together," Kikwete said.