HARARE, Mar. 3 (NewsDay Live) – The United States has denied that it sought access to Zimbabwe’s critical minerals under a proposed US$367 million health funding memorandum of understanding (MoU), insisting the agreement was limited to public health cooperation.
This follows Zimbabwe’s decision to discontinue negotiations on the MoU framed under Washington’s America First Global Health Strategy, with authorities in Harare citing sovereignty concerns.
A US official familiar with the negotiations said speculation linking the health agreement to mineral access was unfounded.
“The MOU focused solely on health cooperation and did not contain any provisions related to Zimbabwe’s critical minerals neither explicitly nor implicitly,” the official said.
