"I wish to assure you that there can never be any return to the state of armed conflict which existed before our commitment to peace and the democratic process of election under the Lancaster House agreement"

This quote by Robert Mugabe is a pledge to individuals of Zimbabwe that there will never ever be a go back to the state of armed dispute that existed before the Lancaster House arrangement. This agreement was a peace treaty that was signed in 1979, which ended the Rhodesian Bush War and allowed for the transition of Rhodesia to Zimbabwe. Mugabe is reassuring the people of Zimbabwe that the peace and democratic procedure of election that was developed by the Lancaster House contract will stay in location which there will never be a go back to the state of armed dispute that existed prior to the arrangement. This is a strong statement of commitment to peace and democracy, and a pointer of the importance of the Lancaster House arrangement in bringing peace and stability to Zimbabwe.