🇬🇧Sir Nicholas 🔊: 🇿🇼Mugabe Meeting Was 'Personal'

Sir Nicholas Soames defended holding a personal meeting with Robert Mugabe while on a visit to Zimbabwe.

The veteran Conservative MP said he met the president last week to reminisce about his father's role as the last governor of Southern Rhodesia.

Sir Nicholas said they met for old times' sake, adding: "It was purely for Auld Lang Syne and I'm glad I did it." Sir Nicholas said the UK had "terrible unresolved issues" with Zimbabwe, but described the meeting as "a historic moment for me and my family".

Responding to Ms Hoey's criticism that the meeting would "pander to the vanity of a wily and ruthless dictator", he added: "I met him purely and entirely in a personal capacity - there was no-one present, it was just him and me."

UCJ, UNILORIN.