Southern African leaders will meet on Monday to try to help Zimbabwe's rival parties end a deadlock on forming a new government, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said.
Speaking after four days of inconclusive talks mediated by former South African President Thabo Mbeki, Mr Tsvangirai said his MDC party would not walk away from negotiations despite the difficulties.
The Southern African Development Community will meet in Swaziland on Monday to find a way of overcoming the stalemate.
'We call upon the SADC and the AU (African Union) to use their collective wisdom to help unlock the deadlock,' Mr Tsvangirai said.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said the talks went in the wrong direction.
The power-sharing deal brokered by Mr Mbeki a month ago is seen as Zimbabwe's best hope for rescuing an economy where fuel and food are scarce and inflation stands at 231m%, the world's highest.
Mr Tsvangirai threatened to pull out on Sunday after Mr Mugabe allocated powerful ministries such as defence, finance and home affairs to his own party.
