LONDON(Sapa-AFP) - South African President Thabo Mbeki said Saturday that the situation in Zimbabwe was "manageable," despite opposition calls for the international community to intervene to prevent bloodshed.
Zimbabwe held presidential elections one week ago but the results have not yet been released.
"I think the situation so far is manageable," Mbeki said on the sidelines of an intergovernmental summit in Britain.
"I think there is time to wait, let's see the outcome of the election results.
"If there is a re-run of the presidential election, let's see what comes out of that. I think that is the correct way to go."
Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change said Saturday it feared Robert Mugabe was pushing for a presidential election run-off as part of a ploy to exact revenge and called for intervention to avert bloodshed.
Mbeki held bilateral talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Saturday, according to a Downing Street spokesman. The spokesman gave no further details about the discussions that were likely to centre on elections in Zimbabwe.
Brown recently said that the democratic rights of Zimbabwean voters must be respected, and urged immediate release of the results.
Zimbabwe's opposition MDC clinched a marginal win in parliamentary elections, and has proclaimed its leader Morgan Tsvangirai as the winner of the presidential vote, although there has been no official result.
The elections come as Zimbabwe grapples with an inflation rate of over 100,000 percent and widespread shortages of basic foodstuffs.
Saturday's talks between Britain and South Africa will be held on the margins of a progressive governance meeting in Watford, just north-west of London.
Centre-left leaders from around the world are gathered to discuss topics which also include globalisation, climate change and poverty.
The two-day event, which concludes Saturday, is being attended by around 20 world leaders and top figures from international organisations such as the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.
