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Moscow Ready to Further Develop Partnership, Cooperation With Zimbabwe: Foreign Ministry

09:29, 29 August 2023

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Moscow is ready to further develop and strengthen partnership and cooperation with Zimbabwe, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday, commenting on presidential election results in the African country.

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On Sunday, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa was reelected for the second term with 52.6% of the vote, while his main opponent, Nelson Chamisa, leader of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change party, gained 44%. Later, Chamisa said that he opposed the election results.

"Moscow reaffirms its principled commitment to the further development and strengthening of all-round partnership and mutually beneficial cooperation with the friendly Republic of Zimbabwe, as well as close cooperation in international and regional affairs," the ministry said in a statement.

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The results of the vote testify to the broad support for the course pursued by Mnangagwa to strengthen statehood and ensure the internal stability of the country, the ministry noted.