HARARE, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has reiterated his party's commitment to the inclusive Government saying that the arrangement was the only viable option the country could have.

He he was quoted by The Herald as saying that it was pertinent that the inclusive Government overcomes challenges that it is facing in implementing the Global Political Agreement.

"While we are currently involved in another round of negotiations to overcome obstacles on the implementation of the GPA signed by the three political parties in September 2008, we remain committed to the framework of the inclusive Government," said PM Tsvangirai.

"The vast majority of Zimbabweans see the GPA as the only viable alternative in moving our country forward. Therefore, it is essential that we overcome these current challenges as the legitimacy of this new government is based solely on its ability to deliver prosperity and freedoms to the people of Zimbabwe," he said.

The PM hailed SADC for its role in Zimbabwe and said regional solidarity was important for prosperity. "Indeed it is regional groupings such as this that help us to overcome the historic arbitrary demarcation of nations from the colonial times and allow us to think of ourselves more as a united people with a collective future," he said.

The MDC-T leader, who has over the years denied the existence of economic sanctions on Zimbabwe, has also made a major climb-down and acknowledged the existence of the ruinous embargo, according to local media on Monday.

He acknowledged this while addressing a rally in Harare to mark his party's 10th anniversary. The MDC-T leader had preferred to call the illegal sanctions "restrictive measures" despite their ruinous effects on ordinary Zimbabweans.

Tsvangirai told his supporters that the economic sanctions were imposed to coerce Zanu-PF to comply with the party's demands. "It's an issue which they (Zanu-PF) have raised in the ongoing negotiations and we are addressing that," Tsvangirai said.

Tsvangirai's admission that his party called for the illegal economic sanctions means that he is now singing from the same hymnbook with the rest of Zimbabwe and his party's secretary-general Tendai Biti, who had earlier confirmed that sanctions were affecting his job as Finance Minister.

Since the formation of the inclusive Government, MDC-T had been reluctant to admit the existence of economic sanctions having misrepresented them to their supporters even though the party's commitment in the Global Political Agreement is that it would take the front seat in calling for the lifting of the embargo.

"We only have nine months in Government but we now have experience and our responsibility as MDC is to deliver to the people of Zimbabwe," he said.

Tsvangirai also announced his party's promises for the coming year. He said MDC would ensure that the education and health sectors were fully resuscitated to benefit the people of Zimbabwe.