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Chris Coons: Positive engagements with Mugabe and his Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) party should be…

On the recordJune 17, 2013
Positive engagements with Mugabe and his Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) party should be conditioned on tangible progress in improving respect for human rights and the rule of law in Zimbabwe.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Stressing the need for human rights improvements before U.S. engagement.

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