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The President said the Peace and Security Commission was established to facilitate dialogue between the fighters in Libya, but it seemed “they felt intimidated into recognising the NTC”.
Asked whether there was any foreign hand that could have influenced the deadlock in voting for the chairperson of the African Union Commission pitting incumbent Jean Ping of Gabon and South AfricanHome Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, President Mugabe said: “Yes, there is always a foreign hand. Some African countries have become just bodies; they are fronts of Europe, fronts of France and so on.”
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He said Southern Africa felt Mr Ping did not handle the Libyan issue properly.
He said the summit did not have time to discuss its theme on boosting intra-trade in Africa as they focused on the political situation on the continent.
President Mugabe, however, said there was not much trade between African countries due to the products they produced and the different economic structures.
The summit ended in the early hours of yesterday as the majority of Franco-phone states continued to frustrate progress amid reports that they were taking instructions from Europe, especially France.
Instead of issuing a communiqué as is the tradition, the summit only held a poorly attended Press conference where the election of the AU Commission chairperson took centre stage.
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