Zimbabwe

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — International Development – in the House of Commons am 11:30 am ar 13 Mai 2009.

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Photo of Ivan Lewis Ivan Lewis The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development 11:30, 13 Mai 2009

The optimism results from the changes that the Prime Minister, the Finance Minister and other reformers in the Zimbabwean Government make. Their optimism gives us hope. However, we also know that forces still exist in the Government who do not embrace the reform agenda, and we need them to do that. That is why it is important to send a message of solidarity and support, and make resources available to back the Prime Minister and the reform programme, while also making it clear that there will be no normalisation of relationships with that country until the entire Government are focused on meeting the needs of the ordinary people of Zimbabwe and rebuilding the economy and the health and education systems.