ocr: Zimbabwe stresses close cooperation with its neighbors,in the context of SADCand the Preferential Trade Area for East and South Africa, and has consistently followedapolicy of non-alignment. President Mugabe was chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1985 to 1989.His regime had an activist stance against South Africa and apartheid. Since the 1990freeing ofNelson Mandela, relations have improved; however, a consistent policy is still evolving. Fori ideological reasons - - and to maintain access to the sea via the Beira corridor, the govemment began providing military assistance to the social ...
