Malawi’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation,
Ephraim Mganda Chiume has warned experts from Malawi and Tanzania to
avoid careless statements in their discussions to iron out the border
wrangle between the two countries over Lake Malawi.
Rais Jakaya Kikwete na Rais wa Malawi, Joyce Banda
“It is very easy for the discussions to break down and result in a stalemate. Let’s avoid making statements that can undermine the process. Let us remember that we are here representing the multitude of Malawians and Tanzanians… who want an urgent resolution,” Chiume said.
Chiume said this during the official opening of a five day meeting of
experts from Malawi and Tanzania which started off on Monday at the
Mzuzu Hotel to discuss the 50-year dispute, which stems from
colonial-era border lines around the lake.
Chiume opening the meeting
“The international community is watching anxiously and our people are
also following very keenly. Therefore have frank and open discussions
taking into account all legal and historical facts behind this matter,”
he said.
The meeting will end on Saturday 25th August in Lilongwe where a
joint communiqué will be issued.
The main task of this meeting of
experts is for the two sides to exchange documents and hopefully reach a
consensus.
The 24 member Tanzanian delegation is led by Dr Selassie Mayunga,
Director of Surveys and mapping division in the Ministry of Lands,
Housing and Human Settlements Developments.
Mayunga told Nyasa Times in a separate interview that the
meeting is not meant to mark boundaries again but to have negotiations
on the dispute as per Africa Union directive of 2007.
Chiume concurred with Mayunga saying the meeting was not an
opportunity for experts from either side to seek fame or score points
but rather to do what is legally right for people of both sides.
“Therefore it is my appeal that this meeting of experts will be
conducted in a courteous, friendly and diplomatic manner,” the minister
said.
Nyasa times
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