JOHANNESBURG, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The crisis in Zimbabwe is on the agenda of talks between visiting British Foreign Secretary David Miliband and his South African counterpart, Nkosazan Dlamini Zuma, a statement said Sunday.

    Miliband arrived on Sunday in the African country for the 8th session of the SA-UK Bilateral Forum, scheduled on July 8 in Pretoria, the foreign affairs department statement said.

    "The outcomes of the recently-concluded African Union summit in Egypt including Zimbabwe," are expected to be discussed, the statement said.

    African leaders on Tuesday called for dialogue between Zimbabwe's political foes and a national unity government following President Robert Mugabe's widely discredited June 27 re-election.

    A two-day African Union summit agreed "to encourage President Robert Mugabe and the (opposition) Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai to initiate dialogue with a view to promoting peace, stability," in a final resolution.

    The summit, held amid mounting Western calls for sanctions, also decided "to support the call for the creation of a government of national unity, to support SADC (Southern African Development Community) facilitation".

    South African President Thabo Mbeki, the chief mediator in the Zimbabwean crisis, on Saturday held his first talks with Mugabe in Harare since the latter's re-election but was snubbed by Tsvangirai.

    Other issues on the agenda of the SA-UK Forum are a review of the status of bilateral relations, the desired outcome of the Group of Eight summit in Japan, a forthcoming SA-EU summit in France, as well as peace, security and conflict resolution in Africa and other international issues, it said.