BAM exhorts Mugabe and Tsvangirai to talk

The BAM meeting responded to reports emanating out of Zimbabwe that South Africa's President and peace broker, Thabo Mbeki had successfully negotiated a platform for dialogue between the political adversaries, Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF, and Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change.

Mugabe and Tsvangirai signed a five page memorandum on Monday setting out and agenda for talks which will include a discussion of a strategy to avert the impact of sanctions.