WE NEVER BARRED CHINAMASA : GERMANY

Germany has denied that Finance Minister, Patrick Chinamasa was barred from visiting the country.  Germany Ambassador to Zimbabwe Dr Thorste...

Germany has denied that Finance Minister, Patrick Chinamasa was barred from visiting the country. Germany Ambassador to Zimbabwe Dr Thorsten Hutter said Berlin was ready to receive Chinamasa.

“I said he (Cde Chinamasa) is welcome in Germany and that things at the moment are seen as making it less opportune for him to come at this very moment, and one of the reasons I gave is that we have only a caretaker Government,” he said.

“Of course, we want to engage with the envoy on forward-looking issues, which will then be the responsibility of the full government in Germany to deal with.

“Other issues are that we would want to discuss specifics on how Government is going to modernise the economy, what exactly are the ideas of Government and how possibly could Germany come in and assist.”