By Connect Stories Reporter
The Embassy of Sweden in Harare has strongly refuted claims made in an article by The Mirror titled “Sida pulls out as PVO Bill sets in-Ramifications for JSC and LRF” published on 28 March 2024.
In a press statement dated 30 March 2024, The Embassy of Sweden stated that the information presented in the article is both malicious and totally divergent from the truth.
“This is totally false information which the Embassy wants to categorically dismiss. For over a decade, the Embassy has been supporting LRF, with agreements spanning three to four years. The most recent agreement expired in March 2024. All agreement partners are aware that when an agreement comes to an end it is not automatically renewed.
“The renewal of agreement is determined by several factors, including availability of funds, Embassy strategy’s focus areas and of course the results achieved over the years.
“The decision not to renew LRF agreement and some other partner organisations agreements that ended last year, and some this year, is not in any way related to the ongoing deliberations in the parliament on the new version of the PVO Bill as purported by the article, rather it is driven by strategic imperative to create space for the pursuit of new strategic areas particularly within Economic Empowerment and Environment and Climate Change, reads part of the statement
Read full press statement below
