津巴布韋新總統向西方伸出橄欖枝

Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe’s president, has signalled a clean break with the past and a desire to re-engage with the west by inviting the UN, the EU and the Commonwealth to send missions to monitor this year’s elections.

津巴布韋總統埃默森?姆南加古瓦(Emmerson Mnangagwa)發出信號表明，他希望與過去劃清界線，並與西方重新接觸，他邀請聯合國(UN)、歐盟(EU)和英聯邦(Commonwealth)派遣使團來監督今年的大選。

Mr Mnangagwa also held out the prospect of swiftly re-establishing good relations with Britain, the former colonial power, after a two-decade rift under Robert Mugabe, the autocrat who was ousted after a brief military takeover in November.

姆南加古瓦還暗示，他的國家有可能與前殖民宗主國英國迅速重建良好關係。此前在羅伯特?穆加貝(Robert Mugabe)的統治下——這位獨裁者在去年11月短暫的軍事接管後被趕下臺——津巴布韋與英國之間經歷了20年的不和。

Speaking to the Financial Times in his first interview with an international news organisation since taking office in November, Mr Mnangagwa said he and the UK were keen for Zimbabwe to rejoin the Commonwealth, the club of Britain’s former colonies. Brexit, he added, would help the rapprochement.

在去年11月上任以來首次接受國際新聞機構採訪時，姆南加古瓦對英國《金融時報》表示，他和英國都殷切希望津巴布韋重新加入由英國前殖民地組成的英聯邦。他還表示，英國退歐將有助於英津關係和解。

Ahead of his appearance at next week’s Davos summit of global business leaders, he also sought to reassure investors Zimbabwe was open to foreign capital and he would take long overdue steps to address the shattered economy he has inherited. However, businesspeople suggested he will need to act on his words to convince them.

在出席下週舉行的達沃斯全球商界領袖峯會之前，他還試圖向投資者保證，津巴布韋對外資開放，他將採取早就應該落實的措施，來推動他接手的支離破碎的經濟。但商界人士暗示，他需要用行動來說服他們。

Mr Mnangagwa, who had military training in China as a young man, made clear he would pursue a balancing act of retaining close ties to Beijing, which helped to prop up Mr Mugabe’s economy with loans, while re-engaging with the west.

年輕時曾在中國接受軍事訓練的姆南加古瓦明確表示，在與西方重新接觸的同時，他將採取與北京保持密切聯繫的平衡做法；穆加貝掌權時，北京方面曾用貸款幫助支撐津巴布韋經濟。

He is due in China in April “to negotiate megadeals in infrastructure” and railways. “We introduced the Look East policy but that was a survival policy. The east stood by us through thick and thin.”

姆南加古瓦定於4月前往中國“談判鐵路和基礎設施方面的若干大筆交易。”他說：“我們出臺了‘向東看’政策，但那是一個生存政策。無論風雲如何變幻，東方都與我們站在一起。”