Zimbabwe situation being monitored

THE Government is taking steps to ensure the safety of the 4,000 Irish citizens in Zimbabwe, Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern has said.

A high-level delegation from the Department of Foreign Affairs went to the crisis-ridden country recently to check out the situation on the ground.

But the Government is unlikely to boycott the EU-Africa summit in Lisbon in early December even if Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe attends, Mr Ahern said.