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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>HARARE \u2013 Presidential spokesperson George Charamba weekend said Zimbabwe was on the verge of re-joining the Commonwealth after the pariah state has been putting a painstaking effort to charm the United Kingdom and its elite political bloc.<\/p>\n

Charamba\u2019s claim comes in the wake of Mnangagwa\u2019s attending King Charles III\u2019s coronation on Saturday at His Majesty\u2019s invitation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe evening is with the secretary general of the Commonwealth, baroness Scotland scheduled shortly before now.<\/p>\n

\u201cZimbabwe is on the verge of rejoining the Commonwealth, which is why the fixture has taken precedence over all else, including meeting with Zimbabwe diaspora,\u201d he said via one of his Twitter accounts.<\/p>\n

The Commonwealth is an economic and political group comprising 56 nations, mainly former British colonies.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe was suspended from the bloc in 2002 for breaching the 1991 Harare Declaration which stipulated respect and upholding human rights by member states.<\/p>\n

Then President Robert Mugabe in 2003 abruptly pulled the country out of the grouping after the Commonwealth refused to lift his country\u2019s suspension.<\/p>\n

However, Zimbabwe continues to be viewed as a rogue administration under the incumbent with some British parliamentarians recently protesting the visit to London by Mnangagwa.<\/p>\n

Mnangagwa is accused of persecuting opponents while also using Zimbabwean courts to advance hostilities towards critics.<\/p>\n

The UK government recently flagged the controversial conviction of outspoken opposition activists Job Sikhala and Jacob Ngarivhume over crimes relating to Twitter comments.<\/p>\n

In an interview, Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Livit Mugejo expressed government\u2019s commitment towards meeting Commonwealth guidelines so as to be readmitted into the bloc.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe now have the foreign policy of re-affirmation, engagement and re-engagement, which says let bygones be bygones.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are now reengaging the Commonwealth and all other western countries. And there is a process that should be followed in rejoining the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis process is currently underway, and hasn\u2019t been finalised,\u201d said Mugejo.<\/p>\n

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