Republic of Zimbabwe Vice-President Joice Mujuru visited the South American nation of Brazil for the inauguration of the first woman President Dilma Rousseff. Rousseff and Mujuru are former revolutionary guerrilla fighters.
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Herald Reporter
Vice President Joice Mujuru returned home yesterday from an official
visit to Brazil where she attended the swearing in of Brazilian
President Dilma Rousseff on New Year’s Day.
Cde Mujuru, who was accompanied by Senate President Edna Madzongwe, Acting Foreign Minister Herbert Murerwa, the Permanent Secretary in her Office Mr Munesu Munodawafa and other senior Government officials, also met and paid tribute to Sadc ambassadors accredited to Brazil at a dinner hosted by Zimbabwe’s Ambassador Thomas Bvuma for the support the region has offered Zimbabwe against a decade-long western onslaught.
Commenting on President Rousseff’s inauguration, VP Mujuru said her
rise to become Brazil’s first woman leader was an inspiration to all
the women in the world.
“Having started as a civil servant she is now leading a Federal
country with 27 states, it is quite an inspiration. I was so impressed
and excited.
“When I introduced myself as the Vice President of Zimbabwe she said
‘You have come all the way to support another woman’ and I said it is
great for us women that one of us has achieved such a feat,” Cde
Mujuru said, adding that she was impressed by the unity shown by Latin America in supporting Ms Rousseff.
The VP said it was time for Brazil and Zimbabwe to transform their
good diplomatic and political relations into enhanced economic
co-operation given that the first Joint Commission between the two
countries was held in 2009 in Harare and the second one was scheduled for this year in Brazil.
She expressed confidence that the two countries would move in that
direction soon as consultations continued to find ways of putting into
action the co-operation agreements Harare and Brasilia have signed.
On Sunday Acting Foreign Minister Murerwa, Ambassador Bvuma and Mr Munodawafa met Brazil’s Secretary General for Foreign Affairs
Ambassador Ruy Nunes Pinto Nogueira to review the first Joint
Commission held in Harare in 2009 and the second one scheduled for
this year.
“Their (Zimbabwe delegation to the meeting) impression is that
everything is warm, Brazil is there for us. Brazil is quite ahead of
many in the Latin America region in speaking against sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe. It has supported us at the IMF and the World Bank.
“What remains is to move with speed to push on the proposals by Brazil (on economic co-operation). Even though we signed some agreements at the Joint Commission, we have to discuss and act. When things are discussed we expect to see momentum,” said VP Mujuru.
Minister Murerwa also underscored the importance of Brazil to Zimbabwe and the need to improve social and economic co-operation.
“Brazil is a very important country to us and has continued to support
Zimbabwe especially against sanctions in the IMF and other world
forums.
It is important that we improve the relations and explore possible
areas of social and economic co-operation,” he said after meeting
Ambassador Nogueira at the Brazilian Foreign Office in Brasilia.
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