KP's Brussels meeting to resolve Zimbabwe dispute

Consultations will take place between various members of the working group for monitoring at the one-day meeting, a Kimberley Process spokesperson explained. It was not yet clear how much of a role Zimbabwe would have in this meeting.

The working group for monitoring is hoping to finalise a suitable agreement with Zimbabwe which will allow the country to export its diamonds within the Kimberley Process framework, after discussions reached a stalemate at the annual plenary in Jerusalem earlier in November. Tensions increased when the Kimberley Process monitor for Zimbabwe, Abbey Chikane, visited the country and gave his approval for the sale of $160 million (four million carats) worth of rough diamonds.