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Palestine–Zimbabwe relations refer to foreign relations betweenPalestine andZimbabwe.
Palestine has an embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe.[1] Tamer Almassri is the ambassador of Palestine to Zimbabwe.[2] Zimbabwe supports the two-state solution based on the 1967 borders.[3]
In 1988, Zimbabwe recognized Palestine, the first African country to do so.[4]ZANU-PF ties to the Palestinian movement date back to their liberation struggle againstRhodesia.[5]Palestinian International Cooperation Agency opened a branch in Zimbabwe in July 2019.[6] Zimbabwe joined theSouthern African Development Community in supporting Palestine in 2021.[7]
In February 2023, PresidentEmmerson Mnangagwa met with the Prime Minister of PalestineMohammad Shtayyeh, in Ethiopia at the African Union summit.[8]Riyad al-Maliki, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Palestine, visited Zimbabwe in March 2023 and signed a number of memorandum of understandings.[9] He met President Emmerson Mnangagwa.[10]
In December, Zimbabwe donated US$35 thousand to the Palestinian embassy in Harare during theGaza war.[11]