LONDON (Sapa-AFP) - South African President Jacob Zuma discussed Zimbabwe's troubled power sharing government with Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday as his state visit to Britain turned to thorny political issues.
Zuma went to Brown's Downing Street office for breakfast talks, with Zimbabwe expected to top the menu.
After the pomp of Wednesday's welcome and state banquet with Queen Elizabeth II, the visit was to focus on trade and diplomatic relations between the two Commonwealth countries.
Zuma and his latest wife, Thobeka Madiba Zuma, were greeted on the steps of 10 Downing Street by Brown and his wife Sarah. Brown shared a joke with the president's wife as they posed for photographs.
Britain has been a fierce critic of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his innner circle.
However, Zuma has repeated his call for international sanctions on Mugabe and his coterie to be lifted, saying they were not helping the beleaguered administration.