Former South African President FW de Klerk says Zimbabwe has reached a point of no return.
Mr de Klerk said no negotiation would succeed unless it was based on the result of the general election which put the former opposition party, with its coalition, into the position of a governing party.
‘Any effort to impose President Mugabe as an executive president on a parliament in which he does not have a majority can't be an acceptable democratic solution,’ the former president said.
Meanwhile, South African President Thabo Mbeki and the African Union's top permanent official, Jean Ping, are to discuss the crisis today.
Talks in Harare stalled after opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai refused to sign a framework for negotiations.
Both Mr Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change and the ruling ZANU-PF party of President Robert Mugabe are under pressure to negotiate.
Diplomats in Brussels said the EU is expected to agree to widen sanctions on Zimbabwe, including more travel bans and asset freezes on Mr Mugabe's inner circle and measures against firms linked to him.
