Zimbabwe an issue for UN, not just Africa: US Secretary of State
Rice discussed plans to introduce measures this week at the UN Security Council, including an arms embargo and a travel ban on Mugabe's regime
By Agencies |
BEIJING: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reminded China's political leaders today that the crisis in Zimbabwe was an issue for the UN Security Council and not just for Africa.
"We'll see what the African Union does, but this is not an African issue alone. This is an issue for the international community, an issue for the Security Council," Rice told reporters after separate meetings with China's President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao.
Rice was referring to a summit of African nations that began today in Egypt, in which the issue of political violence in Zimbabwe was expected to be discussed.
She also said she was looking for "not just another statement" from the UN.
China and the United States are both permanent members of the UN Security Council along with Britain, France and Russia.
Robert Mugabe was sworn in Sunday for a sixth term of office as Zimbabwe president after being declared winner of a one-man election widely denounced as a brutal and illegitimate farce.
In her meeting with Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi on 29 June, Rice discussed plans to introduce measures this week at the UN Security Council, including an arms embargo and a travel ban on Mugabe's regime.
But Yang was vague when asked if China supported an arms embargo, saying the most pressing task now was to stabilise the situation in Zimbabwe.
"We'll see what the African Union does, but this is not an African issue alone. This is an issue for the international community, an issue for the Security Council," Rice told reporters after separate meetings with China's President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao.
Rice was referring to a summit of African nations that began today in Egypt, in which the issue of political violence in Zimbabwe was expected to be discussed.
She also said she was looking for "not just another statement" from the UN.
China and the United States are both permanent members of the UN Security Council along with Britain, France and Russia.
Robert Mugabe was sworn in Sunday for a sixth term of office as Zimbabwe president after being declared winner of a one-man election widely denounced as a brutal and illegitimate farce.
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In her meeting with Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi on 29 June, Rice discussed plans to introduce measures this week at the UN Security Council, including an arms embargo and a travel ban on Mugabe's regime.
But Yang was vague when asked if China supported an arms embargo, saying the most pressing task now was to stabilise the situation in Zimbabwe.
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