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Britain\u2019s minister for Africa Harriett Baldwin says her country supports an extension of EU sanctions against Zimbabwe and will not back its plan to return to the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n

The frosty relationship between Zimbabwe and its former colonial master had begun\u00a0to thaw following the removal of former president Robert Mugabe after more than three decades in power.<\/p>\n

But the recent military crackdown on civilians that claimed more than 12 lives has the two countries at loggerheads again.<\/p>\n

The crackdown crushed widespread protests over a\u00a0fuel price hike.<\/p>\n

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Baldwin visited Harare in 2018 and met President Emmerson\u00a0 Mnangagwa amid signs of d\u00e9tente following\u00a0two decades of strained relations arising from Mugabe\u2019s hostility towards Britain and farm seizures that ruined the country\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n

Britain\u2019s stance is a blow to Mnangagwa, who had hoped a return to the Commonwealth would end Zimbabwe\u2019s long international isolation.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday Baldwin told the International Development Committee meeting in London to assess the recent crackdown in Zimbabwe\u00a0 that the UK would support wider sanctions against Mnangagwa\u2019s government.<\/p>\n

The EU is due to meet this month to review the sanctions.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpecifically with regard to sanctions \u2026 I think that since the recent developments there might be a case for widening it to include further individuals,\u201d Baldwin said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been aware that the president has said that heads will roll. We haven\u2019t seen any specific heads rolling,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

On a financial bailout, Baldwin said: \u201cWe are a long way from that and we have gone further away as a result of use of violence by the security forces.\u201d<\/p>\n

During her visit last year Baldwin had said the UK would support Harare\u2019s return to the Commonwealth.\u00a0 Mugabe withdrew Zimbabwe in 2003.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs of today, the UK would not be able to support this application because we don\u2019t believe that the kinds of human rights violations that we are seeing from security forces in Zimbabwe are the kind of behaviour that you would expect to see from a Commonwealth country,\u201d she told the committee.<\/p>\n

Baldwin encouraged Zimbabwe\u2019s southern African neighbours, particularly SA, to engage with the Harare government.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was in South Africa last week so I was able to discuss the situation in Zimbabwe with the South African government then I went to Mozambique and also [held talks] with the foreign minister.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe value of that is that they are both Commonwealth members and as neighbours they take an interest and have good links with the government,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe think that South Africa in particular, which has just taken its seat in the UN Security Council, can play a leading role in terms of engaging with the government on how it can ensure that the army basically gets back to the barracks and that the courts and the constitutional organisations in Zimbabwe take it forward in terms of justice and rule of law against these violations.\u201d<\/p>\n

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