Kimberley Process Certification Scheme chair Mathieu Yamba declared that diamonds from Marange Resources and Mbada could be exported with immediate effect on 23 June and those from other mines in Marange could be exported after verification of compliance by KP monitors.
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BSG Resources, which is at the centre of a controversy between Core Mining and the government over the Marange diamonds, has admitted that it was indeed interested in the Marange diamonds and intended “to fully support Core in all aspects of its obligations in the Marange diamond project”, but pulled out when the stringent conditions it set were not met.
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South African President Jacob Zuma’s unhelpful attitude towards Zimbabwe, especially at the United Nations, was likely to complicate relations between South Africa and Britain, the head of the Southern Africa section in the Foreign and Commonwealth Sarah Riley said shortly after the signing of the Global Political Agreement.
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Zimbabwe’s diamonds from Marange have not been cleared despite the announcement on Thursday that agreement had finally been reached.
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Britain’s Minister of International Development Andrew Mitchell says although British aid to Zimbabwe is not channelled through the government but through “trusted partners” like the United Nations Children’s Fund, his officials have regular contact with Zimbabwean ministers and senior officials to ensure the best possible coherence with plans of the Zimbabwe government.
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