Norway does not recongise
the Zimbabwe election
Norway does not recognise Friday's presidential elections in Zimbabwe, nor Robert Mugabe as the country's legitimate president for another term, says Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.- This is an election which does not comply with the requirements for a free and fair election, and it is therefore an election whch Norway like a great number of other countries does not recognise, Stoltenberg says.
Norway is pleased with the increasing international condemnation of the lack of democracy in Zimbabwe, and urges the African Union not to recognise Friday's election.
The Norwegian Prime Minister hopes that regional mediation will bring about a political solution to the conflict.
Mr Mugabe came second to Mr Tsvangirai in the first round of the presidential vote in March.
Since then, the opposition MDC party says some 86 of its supporters have been killed and 200,000 forced from their homes by militias loyal to Mugabe's Zanu-PF party.
Source: Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation/Aftenposten
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