Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, who withdrew his Movement for Democratic Change from the country’s unity government last month because of differences with President Robert Mugabe, will rejoin the coalition.

“We have suspended our disengagement from the government with immediate effect,” Tsvangirai told reporters late yesterday in Maputo, the Mozambican capital. He spoke after the 15-nation Southern African Development Community’s so-called security troika met to discuss the political impasse in Zimbabwe. Mugabe and Zimbabwean Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara also attended the talks.

The meeting came after Tsvangirai on Oct. 16 withdrew from an eight-month-old power-sharing government with Mugabe’s Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front. The withdrawal followed disputes over unilateral government appointments made by Mugabe and alleged violence directed at MDC officials.

“We will give President Robert Mugabe 30 days to implement the agreements on the pertinent issues we are concerned about,” Tsvangirai said yesterday, without elaborating. Mugabe wouldn’t comment when questioned by reporters after the talks ended.

The MDC has previously demanded that Mugabe fire central bank Governor Gideon Gono and Attorney General Johannes Tomana, whose appointments it says are unconstitutional. The party has also called for a joint military, police and intelligence committee to hold regular meetings and an end to what it describes as police harassment of its members.

Restoring Credibility

Gono was reappointed as central bank governor by Mugabe against the objections of the MDC.

“Reforms at the central bank are urgent and if they are delayed, the country’s economy will not move in the right direction,” Finance Minister Tendai Biti said in an interview today in Maputo. “It’s not about personality issues, it’s about restoring credibility at the central bank.”

Mugabe’s seizure of commercial farms for redistribution to black citizens deprived of land during white rule deepened an economic recession, caused a famine, turned the country into sub-Saharan Africa’s top corn importer and cut tobacco production by about four-fifths.

Zimbabwe’s political parties should prevent the situation in the country from deteriorating further, according to a communiqué issued at the end of yesterday’s meeting and read by SADC Executive Secretary Tomaz Salomao to reporters.

The parties should “engage in a dialogue to find a lasting solution to the outstanding issues,” Salomao said.

Political Instability

The SADC brokered the February accord that resulted in Mugabe and Tsvangirai forming a unity government. The agreement was aimed at ending a decade of political instability and economic decline.

The SADC security troika is made up of Mozambican President Armando Guebuza, Zambian President Rupiah Banda and Swaziland’sKing Mswati III. South African President Jacob Zuma also attended yesterday’s meeting.

SADC also reiterated its call for Western sanctions on Zimbabwean political leaders to be lifted. Accusations of human- rights abuses and vote rigging in past elections have led the European Union and U.S. to impose travel bans and asset freezes on Mugabe and his allies.

To contact the reporter on this story: Fred Katerere in Maputo at fkaterere@bloomberg.net.

Last Updated: November 6, 2009 07:49 EST