Zimbabwe's Prime Minister-designate Morgan Tsvangirai has said President Robert Mugabe has nothing to fear from the historic deal signed on Monday.
In his first interview as PM, Mr Tsvangirai told the BBC that Mr Mugabe had a "paranoid obsession" that there was an attempt to overthrow him.
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Monday's power-sharing deal ended a decade of rivalry between the two men.
The division of cabinet posts have not yet been finalised but the deal proposes a 50-50 division of power, with Mr Mugabe remaining head of state and head of the cabinet.
Mr Tsvangirai will head a council of ministers, which will be responsible for the day-to-day managing of the country's affairs.
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader said Mr Mugabe was "naturally" reacting to his own paranoid obsession that the deal was an attempt at regime change.
"But we have to build confidence in him, in order for him to build confidence in the nation," he said.
"That's our task, there's no conspiracies against him as an individual."
Mr Mugabe has said Britain, the former colonial power, is behind Zimbabwe's problems and seeking regime change.
Mr Tsvangirai said the government's first practical step would be to provide people with food and remove the climate of fear and intimidation.
"We want this to work - people are suffering and [Mr Mugabe] has to play his part," he said.
"We have to reverse this serious decline that the country's faced."
(BBC)
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