Southern African leaders have begun a special summit aimed at breaking the deadlock in Zimbabwe's political crisis.
However, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is not in attendance.
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe met in the Swaziland capital, Mbabane, with four other heads of state and former South African leader Thabo Mbeki, who has been mediating talks aimed at saving a power-sharing deal.
Mr Tsvangirai did not attend the meeting in protest at delays in receiving his travel documents from Zimbabwe's government, which his party said showed Mr Mugabe's lack of sincerity in the talks.
The opposition leader has not been granted a normal passport for months, and requires emergency travel documents every time he leaves the country.
His temporary travel papers were not given to him until late yesterday, and his spokesman said he was now refusing to travel on these documents.
The regional meeting comes after Mr Mbeki mediated four long days of talks between the rivals in Harare last week.
With no breakrthrough, the sides agreed to refer the dispute to SADC's security body, currently headed by Swaziland.
But Mr Mugabe's chief negotiator, Patrick Chinamasa, warned at the weekend that SADC should only issue 'guidance' on how to end the impasse, rather than try to impose a solution.
