We won’t shift policy because of stadium events and placards: EU on sanctions

📅 Published: August 18, 2025

📰 Source: nehandaradio

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Speaking on the Twitter spaces hosted by journalist Hopewell Chin’ono on Monday to discuss the occasion of Zanu PF’s anti-sanctions day, European Union Ambassador to Zimbabwe Timo Olkkonen said they would not change policies because of protests but by Zimbabwean authorities’ commitment to respect human rights and uphold the rule of law. “On the protests, obviously we will report back to our respective capables as the EU about what is happening here.

But it’s not an issue of shifting policy positions to stadium events or marches of waving placards. “The restrictive measures are there for a reason, which is the human rights situation.

The future steps the EU will be taking on those will be as a reflection why they were put in place in the first place and that is the human rights situation.

So, that is the decisive factor for us,” Olkkonen said.

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