{{Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has been invited to the European Union- Africa summit to be held in Brussels in April despite a travel ban against him.}}<\/p>\n
According to state media, President Mugabe got his invitation last week, ending speculation about his attendance at the summit.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe letter to invite the President has been received and has been given to His Excellency, the President.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe letter came straight from Brussels,\u201d the Sunday Mail said, quoting an unnamed government official.<\/p>\n
The summit set for April 2 and 3 would be used to discuss strategic priorities between Africa and Europe. (EXTERNAL: Mugabe free to attend summit \u2014 EU envoy)<\/p>\n
Last week, Zimbabwe government officials had claimed that the African Union had resolved that Africa would boycott the meeting if President Mugabe was not invited.<\/p>\n
The soon to be 90 year-old leader\u2019s presence at the 2007 summit held in Portugal caused controversy as the EU attempted to exclude him.<\/p>\n
President Mugabe is now an AU vice chairperson.<\/p>\n
The EU is due to review the travel embargo and asset freeze it imposed on his regime in 2002 for alleged electoral fraud and human rights violations.<\/p>\n
Indications are that the sanctions would remain in place as most of the conditions that were laid out last year for the embargo to be lifted were not met.<\/p>\n
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