The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Frederick Shava will represent President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London on Monday next week.
Deputy Chief Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet George Charamba told New Ziana that Mnangagwa was invited to the funeral of the late British monarch but will not be able to attend due to other commitments. Charamba said:
The Foreign Minister (Shava) is attending for the President, who is scheduled to leave for the United Nations General Assembly on the day.
Earlier on Thursday, the British embassy in Zimbabwe dismissed as fake a letter purportedly written by the British government rejecting Mnangagwa’s request to attend the funeral.
Posting on Twitter, the embassy said Mnangagwa is not under any travel restrictions to the United Kingdom. It said:
President Mnangagwa has been invited to attend the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey on Monday. The letter below is fake.
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So UK sanctions on Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 are fake, if ED is not on the Sanctions list then who is . All zanu pf corrupt and human rights abusers should be on the list. But now UK says ED is not then who is.
There are no sanctions. The Conservative Party and Zanu PF are darlings. They plotted Gukurahundi together. It was Margaret Thatcher who made sure Mugabe takes over from Smith. Indeed sanctions are fake !
Cost of trip to UN will be US$5-6 Million.
Mnangagwa cannot enter the UK for fear of being arrested & extradited to Australia for the alleged rape against Susan Mutami