"Straw under pressure for greeting President"

BRITISH Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has come under pressure from the opposition and media in that country for greeting President Mugabe in New York last week.

Mr Straw shook hands with President Mugabe soon after the President had fired a broadside at British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his ally President George W. Bush of the United States while addressing the 59th Session of United Nations General Assembly last week. The two greeted each other at a reception hosted by South African President Thabo Mbeki in New York.

The British foreign minister offered a handshake to a seated President Mugabe.

Mr Straw claimed he had not expected to see President Mugabe — whom advisors say he had never met before.

The British minister said it had been too dark to recognise President Mugabe.

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