(adds details, quotes) BRUSSELS, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The European Union will put on hold any decision about its sanctions on Zimbabwe to assess a power-sharing agreement in the African state, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on Monday. Before last week's power-sharing deal, the EU had planned to add on Monday more names to a list of Zimbabwean officials whose assets are frozen and who are banned from travelling to Europe."The sanctions for the moment will not be changed today. The decision will probably be taken in October," he told reporters before a meeting of EU foreign ministers. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and longtime rival Morgan Tsvangirai agreed last week a pact to end a deep political crisis compounded by the veteran leader's disputed, unopposed re-election in June. Solana said the EU needed to study the details of the deal but he expected it to open "a new page" for the country. "We have to analyse, it's still not clear what is going to be the outcome of the agreement," he said. Existing EU sanctions on Zimbabwe include an arms embargo, visa bans and asset freezes on 168 senior officials including Mugabe, as well as a few companies. The bloc has also frozen development aid but still provides humanitarian aid. Analysts say the power-sharing deal is fragile and will require former enemies to put aside their differences and work closely to overcome scepticism, especially from Western powers whose financial support will be vital for recovery. Solana said the EU wanted to help the Zimbabwean people. "We would very much like to help in that development," he said.(Reporting by Mark John; Writing by Ingrid Melander, editing by Paul Taylor)
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