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Malawi reiterates pledge to working with Zambia

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President Edgar Lungu Meets Dr George Chaponda A Special Envoy of President of Malawi Prof Arthur Peter Mutharika who is Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development at State House in Lusaka - Picture By Eddie Mwanaleza/Statehouse 21-10-2016.
President Edgar Lungu Meets Dr George Chaponda A Special Envoy of President of Malawi Prof Arthur Peter Mutharika who is Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development at State House in Lusaka – Picture By Eddie Mwanaleza/Statehouse 21-10-2016.

The Malawian government has shown appreciation to the Zambia government and committed itself to continue working closely with it during President Edgar Lungu’s tenure of office.

Malawian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Principal Secretary, Dalitso Kabambe said his country remains committed to working closely with Zambia for the mutual benefit of the two countries.

Dr. Kabambe made the remarks when he graced the 52nd independence anniversary celebrations in Malawi at the Zambian High Commission’s official residence.

This is contained in a media statement made available to ZANIS in Lusaka yesterday by the First Secretary for Press at the Zambian High Commission to Malawi, Chansa Kabwela.

Dr. Kabambe hailed Zambia’s founding fathers who fought for the country’s political freedom and broadly the freedom of all the countries that were part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.

He further congratulated President Lungu and the Zambians for holding successful and peaceful elections on August11, 2016.

Meanwhile, Zambia’s High Commissioner to Malawi Salome Mwananshiku has reaffirmed the country’s commitment to strengthening its longstanding relationship with Malawi through various co-operations for the betterment of the two states.

Mrs. Mwananshiku said she was confident that Zambia and Malawi would continue to work together for the good of the people in the two countries.

She has since implored Zambians in Malawi to contribute to their country’s development and promote peaceful co-existence.

9 COMMENTS

  1. Our relationship with Malawi is like that between a person and his dog. It is one way. We cannit even buy Malawian chambo fish in Zambia. What does Malawi produce apart from lots of babies? If I were President Mutharika, I would institute one child per family policy before Malawians start living in boats due to lack of land.

    • 1 We buy a lot of stuff from Malawi. I spent 5 years in Chipata between 2002 and 2007. Chipata is what it is because of Malawi. There is a lot of trade( formal and informal) between the 2 countries. When fuel is cheaper in Malawi, like it is now, Zambians trek to Mchinji, 12 Km from Chipata to buy fuel. We used to find it easier to go shopping in Malawi than traveling to Lusaka which is 600km from Chipata. There is No DOG, or owner here. We depend on each other.

    • @1 Buck Teeth..on family planning I support you many of our countries on the continent need to do more to sensitize our people about having manageable families and national populations!

  2. So far I can only think about Zambia offloading subsidised maize to Malawi as the strong ties shared by the two countries. oh oh oh, I almost forgot. They also supply us the Sobo drink.

  3. #1 What are you trying to say? As matter of fact a positive trade balance with Malawi would be a good thing for Zambia. But I’m not sure it is! Why don’t you take a ride to Chipata to see for yourself trading activities on the ground. We do import quite a number of products from Malawi such as drinks and soap.

  4. Under HE Lungu we excel in liaising with our neighbours. President Lungu excels in international diplomacy skills. We chose well.

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