Government has written a letter to Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland expressing its interest in principle to rejoin the Commonwealth and that it will do so at the appropriate time.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Ambassador Joey Bimha yesterday confirmed the letter by President Mnangagwa to Secretary Scotland.
Zimbabwe withdrew from the Commonwealth in 2003 at the height of tension between Harare and London over the land issue.
Former president Mr Robert Mugabe announced Zimbabwe's withdrawal from the group following the Commonwealth summit in Nigeria that suspended the country indefinitely.
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