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<p>British Ministers and officials have met <ins class="ministerial">Zimbabwe’s Finance
Minister Patrick </ins>Chinamasa in recent months, including the Parliamentary Under
Secretary of State at the Department for International Development, my Hon Friend
the Member for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (Nick Hurd), in May and the Minister
for Africa, my Hon Friend the Member for Rochford and Southend East (James Duddridge),
in July. In these meetings, Ministers emphasised to <ins class="ministerial">Minister
</ins>Chinamasa the importance of urgent economic and political reforms in Zimbabwe
if there is to be further progress on re-engagement with the International Financial
Institutions.</p>
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