Mugabe: Zimbabwe Will Not Collapse

President Robert Mugabe, accusing the West of trying to push Zimbabwe into collapse, declared it would survive thanks to its people's resilience and support from Africa, state radio reported on Wednesday.

Mugabe said Britain, the former colonial ruler, and his opponents sought his ouster.

"In spite of their heinous attempts to destroy the country and bring down its democratically elected government, Zimbabwe has not collapsed and will not collapse," the radio quoted him as saying at a state banquet late on Tuesday for visiting President Teodoro Obiang Nguema of the oil-rich West African nation of Equatorial Guinea.

Mugabe thanked Equatorial Guinea and other African nations for their "solidarity". He told Obiang that Zimbabwe would always be grateful for his support against enemies who "sought to demonise the country's leadership at every opportunity and deceive the world about what is happening in my country".