{{The European Union said Monday it has removed 21 loyalists of Zimbabwe’s president from a sanctions list of people facing travel and banking bans.}}<\/p>\n
The EU said another six cabinet ministers from President Robert Mugabe’s party are also now allowed to travel to Europe.<\/p>\n
It said the decision to remove those restrictions was a result of a “step forward” in finalizing a draft constitution which is set to go voted on in a national referendum on March 16.<\/p>\n
The draft constitution “adds further momentum to the reform process and paves way for the holding of peaceful, transparent and credible elections later this year,” said the EU statement.<\/p>\n
Those freed to travel and do business in Europe include former cabinet ministers, officials and one company linked to Mugabe’s party. <\/p>\n
Another 101 individuals and companies remain on the banned list.<\/p>\n
The sanctions were imposed on Mugabe’s party to protest human rights violations over the past decade of political turmoil and economic meltdown.<\/p>\n
The EU decision was made at a meeting of the bloc’s foreign ministers and the announcement was made in a statement released simultaneously in Harare and Brussels and read out in Zimbabwe by EU chief of delegation Aldo Dell’Ariccia.<\/p>\n
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