KYOTO — The Group of Eight foreign ministers strongly denounced Zimbabwe's regime at the Friday end of their two-day summit in Kyoto, with several calling the country's one-candidate runoff presidential election the same day a sham and threatening further U.N. Security Council action.
"We deplore the systematic violence, obstruction and intimidation which have made a free and fair presidential runoff election impossible. We note the results of the March 29 election must be respected and that any dialogue between the parties must allow a legitimate government to be formed," the ministers said in a statement.
"We will not accept the legitimacy of any government that does not reflect the will of the Zimbabwean people," the statement said.
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