By Kondanani Chilimunthaka
President Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi who is currently in Equatorial Guinea for African Union Extraordinary Summit, has on Saturday, May 28,2022 held talks with President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria aiming at strengthening the ties between the two nations.
During the meeting that came on the sidelines of the Summit currently underway in Malabo in Equatorial Guinea, the two leaders discussed a number of issues benefiting the people of the two nations, among others trade agreements, energy, and recovery of economies for the two countries.
“President Buhari and I share similar sentiments that the two countries should continue exploring more areas of natural cooperation to cement our people’s shared aspirations.
We talked on how Malawi can draw some value from Nigeria as an oil producer. Oil is a major driver of our economy and makes Nigeria, a strategic partner.” Read part of President Chakwera’ message posted on his official Facebook page.
President Chakwera further described the relationship between Nigeria and Malawi as vital that needs to be enhanced, and that him and his counterpart (Buhari) have discussed the preparations to open Malawi’s embassy in Abuja-Nigeria, as one way of fully formalizing their ties.
President Chakwera is in Malabo-Equatorial Guinea for an African Union Extraordinary Summit alongside other AU member states leaders.
