Canada joins US, EU in imposing sanctions against Zimbabwe

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Canada announced on Friday is was joining the US and European Union in imposing sanctions on Zimbabwe's authoritarian regime headed by President Robert Mugabe. The sanctions were to include banning arms exports, freezing the assets of top Zimbabwean officials and banning Zimbabwean aircrafts from flying over or landing in Canada. "Despite efforts by international mediators, and despite calls by the international community to return democracy to Zimbabwe, the government has shown itself unwilling to negotiate in good faith, and uninterested in meaningful reform," Foreign Affairs Minister David Emerson said in a statement on Friday. Canada announced initial sanctions in June following the runoff, mainly restricting travel, work and study of senior members of Zimbabwe's government within Canada.