Own Correspondent|President Mnangagwa On Saturdayy met with leaders of political parties participating in the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) in Kwekwe.

The meeting started at mid-morning at President Mnangagwa’s farm, with addresses from the 18 political party leaders.

In his remarks, President Mnangagwa ruled out any talks outside the Polad platform.

“I am happy that us as Zimbabweans have come together to discuss issues that are pertinent,” he said. “Recently, former (South African) President (Thabo Mbeki) came to see me and I think he met some of the leaders here. 

“I am happy that he expressed his desire to see Zimbabweans work together and I assured him that as Zanu-PF and as the President of the Republic, we have created a platform which we call Polad where every single political party can find expression on issues affecting Zimbabwe and the majority of political parties are on that platform.

“I said I don’t see it possible to have two platforms which discuss one issue. Zimbabwe’s political issue is one and if we discuss it we must have one platform which we discuss it and that platform is Polad, I am not moving from that.”