By Daniel Muzana and Takudzwa Mashumba
The fourth European Union-Africa Summit kicked off Wednesday in Brussels Belgium and Zimbabwe does not have a representative there, the question is…..
Is the withdrawal of Zimbabwe from EU-Africa Summit the best way to tell the European countries that we can also act aggressively?
Was it the only way to make them know about our displeasures as a nation that they are bullying us left, right and centre?
Is it the best response to give them, taking a look at our economy, education and them being the missing link in our economy which have led us into a noise dive fall economically?
President Mugabe indeed withdrew from this event which kicked off Wednesday morning but was it not the opportunity everyone was waiting for as a nation to try to mend up the weakened relationship between Zimbabwe and the West?
The topics at the EU Summit which includes education and training, ways to stimulate growth and create jobs, legal and illegal inflows of migrants between the two continents, investing in peace and ways to enhance EU-support for Africa capacities to manage security on the continent, women and youth.
Are not those topics really the answer to our national worries and being there was it a good gesture of showing our willingness in negotiating with the E.U for better relations?
Yes, we have our emotions that`s true and we sometimes have to retaliate to show our anger but is this anger necessary, anger which brings nothing good to the nation but distress and which as well wipe away the hope which ordinary people carried all along.
As much as E.U messed us up by denying our First Lady a visa which is really unacceptable and barbaric but withdrawing was it not an exaggerated gesture?
Can emotions and anger brought by the visa denial make us forget our national problems?.
This 4th European Union -Africa summit was a must attend for Zimbabwe and was a good opportunity to pour out anger there on a negotiating table than remaining home as if everything is well with us whilst in reality we are burning up economically with monetary support and foreign investment desperately needed as early as yesterday.
Yes we can celebrate that South Africa and Gambia have joined us in the boycott,but South Africa have its rands and its economy is intact,whilst itsZimbabwe in need of this Summit the most.
Some of the ZANU PF heavyweights denied that S.A boycott was in solidarity with us saying we are at different levels with S.A.
The Deputy Foreign Affairs minister Christopher Mutsvangwa have blasted his boss Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi at a local radio program on this boycott accusing him of pursuing misguided foreign policy.
Speaking live on ZiFM radio programme on Monday evening Mutsvangwa said Zimbabwe fell into a trap by boycotting the EU-Africa summit because of irregularities by Mumbengegwi.
“Maybe we were trying to test the waters, but why do we want to test the waters by having an embarrassment on our president?’ queried Mutsvangwa.
Mutsvangwa went on to reveal that there were fissures in the Foreign Affairs ministry.
‘There are two people there: the minister and the permanent secretary (Joey Bimha); its a chiefdom They run it the way they want,’ he said.
“We simply have a misguided foreign policy. The major practitioner of that foreign policy is missing the woods from the trees; that’s my boss,’ Mutsvangwa said.
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