{"id":1404,"date":"2025-03-22T20:19:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T20:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/?p=1404"},"modified":"2025-03-22T20:19:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T20:19:01","slug":"joint-press-release-meeting-with-fcdo-london-20-03-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/index.php\/2025\/03\/22\/joint-press-release-meeting-with-fcdo-london-20-03-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Press Release \u2013 meeting with FCDO \u2013 London 20.03.2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG1_Cover-20250320-WA0041.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1405\" src=\"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG1_Cover-20250320-WA0041.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG1_Cover-20250320-WA0041.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG1_Cover-20250320-WA0041-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG1_Cover-20250320-WA0041-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG1_Cover-20250320-WA0041-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG1_Cover-20250320-WA0041-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG1_Cover-20250320-WA0041-610x458.jpg 610w, https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG1_Cover-20250320-WA0041-1080x810.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Written by<\/strong>:\u00a0Diaspora Collaborative Statement by ROHR Zimbabwe, ZHRO, MyRight2Vote, ZAPU &amp; CCC<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>####-<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>&#8211;<\/strong> Collaborative Press Release\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0March 2025 3:30pm<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thursday, 20th March 2025, our \u2018diaspora collaborative group\u2019 held a face-to-face meeting with three important members of the Foreign, Commonwealth &amp; Development Office, (FCDO) at their offices in King Charles Street, London: SW1A 2AH. We were also unexpectedly joined by British Ambassador to Zimbabwe,\u00a0<em>Peter Vowles<\/em>, who devoted 15 minutes from his busy schedule to be with us in the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>There will be further joint statements about this welcome development very shortly.<\/p>\n<p>Initiated by the FCDO, in requesting such an event, their initiative was as a result of a subtle change in focus by FCDO plus the 12 joint petitions delivered to the PM and the FCDO by our \u2018diaspora collective group\u2019 over the last 30 months. Summarised at the web link below;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Web Link to Petition Summary<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/z-dc.com\/30-months-of-petitions\">30-months-of-petitions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MyR2Vote\/Z-DC.com {<em>Zimbabwe Diaspora Coalition<\/em>} was represented by Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Felix Ndiweni; ROHR Zimbabwe were represented by Panyika Karimanzira (ROHR Zimbabwe Spokesperson) and Renee Brenda Langa (UK Chapter Deputy Information &amp; Publicity Secretary), ZHRO was represented by John Burke (Founder) and Rashiwe Bayisayi, ZAPU was represented by Christopher Maphosa (PEC Europe Province Chairperson), Cannicious Nkala (Admin Sec. Europe) and Mlindelwa Vundhla (NPC Europe Chair) and with CCC Southend-on -Sea represented by Tatenda Changambika (standing in for Stanford Biti).<\/p>\n<p>Ends &#8212;<strong>###<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by:\u00a0Diaspora Collaborative Statement by ROHR Zimbabwe, ZHRO, MyRight2Vote, ZAPU &amp; CCC ####-&#8211; Collaborative Press Release\u00a0 20th\u00a0March 2025 3:30pm Thursday, 20th March 2025, our \u2018diaspora collaborative group\u2019 held a face-to-face meeting with three important members of the Foreign, Commonwealth &amp; Development Office, (FCDO) at their offices in King Charles Street, London: SW1A 2AH. 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