{"id":4729,"date":"2024-10-07T08:19:31","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T08:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4729"},"modified":"2024-10-07T08:19:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T08:19:44","slug":"fire-tender-fight-rages-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4729","title":{"rendered":"Fire Tender Fight Rages On"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Political Correspondent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zimbabwe&#8217;s government is taking serious steps to recover 17 fire tenders seized by Lithuania in March 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The equipment was manufactured in Belarus, which is under European Union sanctions, and Lithuania claims this is the reason for the confiscation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attorney-General Virginia Mabiza says Zimbabwe will explore all legal options, including international arbitration, to get the fire tenders back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We will explore the most viable legal route to take after exhausting all the diplomatic channels at our disposal,&#8221; she stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fire tenders are specifically designed for Zimbabwe&#8217;s rural terrain and are crucial for firefighting and emergency responses. Their confiscation puts vulnerable communities at risk of fire disasters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lithuania&#8217;s attorney-general, Nida Grunskiene, mentioned that the trucks might be handed over to Ukraine, which has sparked concern from Zimbabwe&#8217;s government .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not the first time Zimbabwe-bound cargo has been seized by an EU country. In 2023, 23,000 tonnes of Russian fertilizer donated to Zimbabwe were blockaded by the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zimbabwe and Lithuania are both members of the World Trade Organization (WTO), which may help facilitate negotiations and resolve the dispute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key Points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Seizure of Fire Tenders: Lithuania seized 17 fire tenders meant for Zimbabwe in March 2023.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reason for Seizure: Lithuania claims the manufacturer, a Belarusian company, is under EU sanctions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zimbabwe&#8217;s Response: Attorney-General Virginia Mabiza vows to explore all legal options to recover the fire tenders.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Impact on Zimbabwe: Confiscation of fire tenders puts vulnerable communities at risk of fire disasters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Implications: WTO membership may aid in resolving the dispute between Zimbabwe and Lithuania.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zim GBC News\u00a92024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Political Correspondent Zimbabwe&#8217;s government is taking serious steps to recover 17 fire tenders seized by Lithuania in March 2023. The equipment was manufactured in Belarus, which is under European Union&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4729"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4731,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4729\/revisions\/4731"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}