Fears over a bomb plot to blow up an airport in Calcutta, were behind the decision by President Robert Mugabe to cancel a planned trip to India, according to reports by state media in Harare on Sunday.
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation quoted Foreign Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi as saying that Mugabe’s trip to India was aborted after the government was notified that the security situation in New Delhi had deteriorated.
The Sunday Mail also reported that President Mugabe was primed for a trip to India which saw him make a stopover in Singapore last Monday.
The paper reported the cancellation of further travel plans by 93-year-old Mugabe after reports surfaced about a planned terrorist attack at Calcutta’s main airport where he was supposed to have landed.
It stopped short of stating what the veteran Zimbabwean leader was doing in Singapore, his favoured destination to undergo medical checkups for cataract.
13/03/16 APA/Star Africa
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The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation quoted Foreign Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi as saying that Mugabe’s trip to India was aborted after the government was notified that the security situation in New Delhi had deteriorated.
The Sunday Mail also reported that President Mugabe was primed for a trip to India which saw him make a stopover in Singapore last Monday.
The paper reported the cancellation of further travel plans by 93-year-old Mugabe after reports surfaced about a planned terrorist attack at Calcutta’s main airport where he was supposed to have landed.
It stopped short of stating what the veteran Zimbabwean leader was doing in Singapore, his favoured destination to undergo medical checkups for cataract.
13/03/16 APA/Star Africa
