Harare - Zimbabwe's opposition MDC leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, is seeking a meeting between President Robert Mugabe to discuss the distribution of ministries.
The opposition party spokesperson Nelson Chamisa confirmed that the party has written to President Mugabe requesting a meeting of the principals to resolve outstanding issues.
"We have officially written to President Mugabe requesting him to avail himself for a meeting of the principals to resolve outstanding issues," Mr Chamisa said on Sunday.
He said the party had given President Mugabe up to 20 January to convene the meeting, failure of which it would withdraw from the global agreement to form an inclusive government.
"We hope that could be the way for the people of Zimbabwe who are suffering," he said. The MDC-T was anxious that the issue of formation of an inclusive government was finalised for the country to move forward, he added.
Mr Chamisa declined to comment on whether the party was prepared to make concessions on the contentious issue of controlling the Ministry of Home Affairs, saying such issues could not be discussed in public.
He said the party was making some "modest" and "palpable" proposals that would allow resolution of the issue. "We hope the issue can be resolve if people are serious about solving the crisis in the country," he said.
However, presidential spokesperson George Charamba said President Mugabe had not received the letter from the MDC.
Mr Charamba said the letter was also not necessary since President Mugabe had written to Mr Tsvangirai inviting him to join the inclusive government and he responded by declining the offer.
Mr Mugabe, who began his annual leave at the beginning of this month, said he would be announcing a new cabinet when he returned to work in February.
