FILE PHOTO: Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe addresses the ZANU-PF party's top decision making body, the Politburo, in the capital Harare, February 10, 2016. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe and the European Union began political talks on Wednesday aimed at turning the page on hostile relations during Robert Mugabe's rule, a step that could enable a resumption of direct financial aid for the ailing economy.
During Mugabe's four-decade rule until 2017, he would routinely blame European "colonialists" for Zimbabwe's problems, and snarled at EU and U.S. sanctions for rights and vote abuses.
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