<p>About 9,00,000 carats were on sale, according to Abbey Chikane, the monitor from the international Kimberley Process which is charged with preventing trade in "blood diamonds".<br />"Indeed it is historic in that we have managed to satisfy the minimum requirements of the Kimberley Process," Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said in opening the sale.<br /><br />"We have put in place measures to ensure that we abide by the Kimberley Process principles and sell our diamonds in a transparent manner."<br /><br />Kimberley in November had blocked sales from Marange over abuses by the military, after investigators found soldiers committed "unacceptable and horrific violence against civilians".</p>
<p>About 9,00,000 carats were on sale, according to Abbey Chikane, the monitor from the international Kimberley Process which is charged with preventing trade in "blood diamonds".<br />"Indeed it is historic in that we have managed to satisfy the minimum requirements of the Kimberley Process," Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said in opening the sale.<br /><br />"We have put in place measures to ensure that we abide by the Kimberley Process principles and sell our diamonds in a transparent manner."<br /><br />Kimberley in November had blocked sales from Marange over abuses by the military, after investigators found soldiers committed "unacceptable and horrific violence against civilians".</p>