Published: 05 September 2013

President Mugabe's Zanu-PF says it is not worried by the United States' decision yesterday to maintain sanctions against Zimbabwe, but confirmed Mugabe's threats to retaliate.

The United States yesterday said it will not lift the travel and economic embargoes imposed on Mugabe's regime over a decade ago.

Australia and the European Union, who have imposed the same punitive measures against Mugabe and his government, have said they would only reconsider their position after going through the full report by Sadc and the African Union on the disputed July 31 elections.

US Ambassador to Zimbabwe Bruce Wharton yesterday said his government did not agree with the Sadc Election Observer Mission report which hailed the July 31 polls as "generally credible" and an "expression of the will of the people".

Zanu-PF spokesperson Rugare Gumbo yesterday said his party was used to the sanctions which they had lived with for a long time and had proved that they cannot collapse a Zanu-PF government.

He said as such, the party was not worried about the sanctions issue and was currently concentrating on the formation of a new Zanu-PF government.
- newsday

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