The Portuguese EU presidency is struggling to find ways in which to formally invite Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe to Europe's summit with Africa while also ensuring that he does not actually attend.
"What is important for the summit to be a success is to be able to separate the bilateral relations from the relations between the two continents," Portuguese prime minister Jose Socrates said on Monday (2 July).
"I'm sure that we will find appropriate diplomatic formulae so that the...
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