Former South African President Thabo Mbeki said former British Prime Minister Tony Blair put him under pressure to remove Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe even if this meant military intervention. But Blair denied putting Mbeki under any pressure saying that though he felt that Zimbabwe would be better off without Mugabe, he never asked anyone to plan or take part in a military intervention. Mbeki’s spokesman Mukoni Ratshitanga said the former President stood by his word.-
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