By Farai D Hove | Zimbabwe’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sibusiso Moyo yesterday issued an apparently hollow account of his meeting with the UK’s minister for Africa.

SB Moyo had a meeting with James Duddridge on Monday.

When he finally issued his report however, SB Moyo gave a different account from that of the British minister.

Minister Duddridge narrated using the following words, “Spoke to Foreign Minister SB Moyo today on a range of issues including CV-19 response. I underlined our deep concerns regarding human rights violations & need for proper investigations. Urge Zimbabwe to seek international reengagement through economic & humanitarian reform.”

But SB Moyo spoke the opposite complaining about what he said were a number of aspects which are as a result of misconceptions which are being propagated by certain political formations in this country.

Moyo said
“I think the discussion was very fruitful. It was very positive and it touched on a number of issues and it also clarified quite a number of aspects which are as a result of misconceptions which are being propagated by certain political formations in this country.

“And I think it is critical that the re-branding process of this country should be everyone’s responsibility. If you are a Zimbabwean and you are happy to defame your own country, it means your loyalty and patriotism are questionable,” said Minister Moyo.

He said people should not sacrifice the national interest at the expense of some “few shillings and that is unacceptable”.

SB Continued saying: “We should not depend on external forces in order to run our affairs of this country.

“We should be able to discuss matters.

“So these are some of the issues which we then discussed.

“We discussed issues to take our relations to the next level and particularly in recognition of the fact that we have signed a post-Brexit agreement.