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Russia and China have helped Zimbabwe gain independence, the African country's president Emmerson Mnangagwa said in an interview with Russian media on Saturday.
Mnangagwa acknowledged the support Zimbabwe received from the Russian Federation and China.
"The Russian Federation assisted us to gain independence alongside countries like China, where most of us, we trained to fight the British in the Soviet Union, and then the People's Republic of China. That's where we trained as guerrillas to fight the British," the politician said.
The president expressed gratitude to Moscow for its assistance in supplying fertilisers, saying that it was a critical component in ensuring food security for the nation.
"In that process, to achieve food security, we need fertiliser. And the Russian Federation is there to assist us. It has been assisting us with fertiliser and promised to continue to give us that assistance in fertiliser," Mnangagwa noted.
Mnangagwa also condemned Western sanctions against Zimbabwe, labelling them as 'illegal'.
"There is no basis for the imposition of those sanctions. We have quarrelled with nobody. And we have some people who want us to move in a particular direction, but our people have direction in terms of governance and so on," he added.
A program providing free grain shipments to several African nations, such as Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso, Mali, Eritrea, Somalia, and the Central African Republic, was initiated by Russia in 2023 following an announcement by Vladimir Putin.
It came after the Black Sea grain deal, signed in Istanbul in July 2022 between representatives of Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Nations, expired on July 17, 2023. That agreement allowed for the export of both Ukrainian grain and Russian food and fertilisers, although Moscow repeatedly insisted the latter part of the deal was not being implemented.
Russia and China assisted us gain independence - Zimbabwean President
Russia and China have helped Zimbabwe gain independence, the African country's president Emmerson Mnangagwa said in an interview with Russian media on Saturday.
Mnangagwa acknowledged the support Zimbabwe received from the Russian Federation and China.
"The Russian Federation assisted us to gain independence alongside countries like China, where most of us, we trained to fight the British in the Soviet Union, and then the People's Republic of China. That's where we trained as guerrillas to fight the British," the politician said.
The president expressed gratitude to Moscow for its assistance in supplying fertilisers, saying that it was a critical component in ensuring food security for the nation.
"In that process, to achieve food security, we need fertiliser. And the Russian Federation is there to assist us. It has been assisting us with fertiliser and promised to continue to give us that assistance in fertiliser," Mnangagwa noted.
Mnangagwa also condemned Western sanctions against Zimbabwe, labelling them as 'illegal'.
"There is no basis for the imposition of those sanctions. We have quarrelled with nobody. And we have some people who want us to move in a particular direction, but our people have direction in terms of governance and so on," he added.
A program providing free grain shipments to several African nations, such as Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso, Mali, Eritrea, Somalia, and the Central African Republic, was initiated by Russia in 2023 following an announcement by Vladimir Putin.
It came after the Black Sea grain deal, signed in Istanbul in July 2022 between representatives of Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Nations, expired on July 17, 2023. That agreement allowed for the export of both Ukrainian grain and Russian food and fertilisers, although Moscow repeatedly insisted the latter part of the deal was not being implemented.
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Russia and China have helped Zimbabwe gain independence, the African country's president Emmerson Mnangagwa said in an interview with Russian media on Saturday.
Mnangagwa acknowledged the support Zimbabwe received from the Russian Federation and China.
"The Russian Federation assisted us to gain independence alongside countries like China, where most of us, we trained to fight the British in the Soviet Union, and then the People's Republic of China. That's where we trained as guerrillas to fight the British," the politician said.
The president expressed gratitude to Moscow for its assistance in supplying fertilisers, saying that it was a critical component in ensuring food security for the nation.
"In that process, to achieve food security, we need fertiliser. And the Russian Federation is there to assist us. It has been assisting us with fertiliser and promised to continue to give us that assistance in fertiliser," Mnangagwa noted.
Mnangagwa also condemned Western sanctions against Zimbabwe, labelling them as 'illegal'.
"There is no basis for the imposition of those sanctions. We have quarrelled with nobody. And we have some people who want us to move in a particular direction, but our people have direction in terms of governance and so on," he added.
A program providing free grain shipments to several African nations, such as Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso, Mali, Eritrea, Somalia, and the Central African Republic, was initiated by Russia in 2023 following an announcement by Vladimir Putin.
It came after the Black Sea grain deal, signed in Istanbul in July 2022 between representatives of Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Nations, expired on July 17, 2023. That agreement allowed for the export of both Ukrainian grain and Russian food and fertilisers, although Moscow repeatedly insisted the latter part of the deal was not being implemented.