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Harare: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe met with South African leader Thabo Mbeki on Saturday before a southern African summit called to discuss Zimbabwe's election deadlock, the Harare government said.
Mugabe has said he will not attend the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit in Lusaka later on Saturday, called by Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa to try to end the impasse over Zimbabwe's disputed elections and prevent the crisis from turning violent.
The 84-year-old Zimbabwean leader has shown no sign of giving in to those urging him to respect the results of the March 29 election.
The result of the presidential election has not yet been published, two weeks after the vote took place.
The opposition Movement for Democratic Change won the parliamentary election, held at the same time, and claims victory in the presidential poll. It has gone to court to try to force officials to release the results.
Mbeki has been mediating between Mugabe and the MDC since last year. The SADC delegated the South African president to oversee negotiations between Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF and the MDC in an effort to reach an agreement that would ensure a fair and free election.
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