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Takunda Maodza Senior Reporter
PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday saluted Zimbabweans and the security forces for successfully resisting efforts by Western powers to cause a revolt through the imposition of illegal economic sanctions.
Addressing thousands of people at the National Sports Stadium yesterday for the Zimbabwe Defence
Forces Day celebrations, the President said sanctions were meant to compromise the people’s standards of living and destabilise the country.
“However, these sinister manoeuvres were successfully resisted thanks to the combined effort, grit and resilience of the people of Zimbabwe, the defence forces, other law enforcement agencies and the country’s political leadership,” he said.
The Head of State and Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces urged the nation and the security arms to remain focused in the face of open aggression from the country’s adversaries.
“Allow me to take this opportunity to appeal to the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, other security organisations and all progressive Zimbabweans to remain focused, loyal and patriotic to the noble spirit of jealously defending Zimbabwe and its rich natural resources for the benefit of present and future generations,” President Mugabe said.
He added: “We should join hands to resist the unjustified plunder of our resources by undeserving foreign forces that come to us like friends in the name of democracy and globalisation, yet they harbour sinister ulterior motives.”
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