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New Zealand Government has expressed interest in President Dr. Joyce
Banda’s A Cow – A Family Project and has since pledged to collaborate
with Malawi Government in expanding the initiative.
New Zealand High Commissioner to Malawi, Richard Mann, made the pledge on Thursday in Lilongwe after presenting Letters of Credence to President Dr. Joyce Banda at Kamuzu Palace.
Mann, who was the last to present Letters after four other envoys, told journalists that his country, which prides in dairy livestock production, finds the initiative worthwhile and that his government would do everything possible to assist.
“We have discussed a number of issues
among them President Banda’s A Cow – A Family Project,” said Mann. “We
are going to have further collaboration between the government of Malawi
and New Zealand to see what we can do to support the program.”
Mann added that he had also discussed with President Banda other issues including how the two countries could strengthen their education systems and that he hoped to see the bilateral relations between the countries strengthened.
Earlier in the day, four more envoys from Algeria, Cyprus, Saharawi Arab and Fiji presented their Letters to President Banda.
The New Fiji Ambassador to Malawi, Berniamino Salacakau, said while his country, a collection of over 300 islands north of Australia, was too far away for trade corporation with Malawi, the two countries could engage each other in technical and cultural cooperation.
“Fiji is a small country with a population of 900,000 with sugar and tourism as our major economic pillars. Geographically it would not be possible for us to have trade ties because we have competitors in between with whom it could be cheaper to trade.
“But we could have cultural and technical cooperation between us and Malawi, being a sugar producing country, we could share technological advantages.”
The other new ambassadors to Malawi are Patros Nacouzis from Cyprus, Mohamed Lamine Laabas from Algeria and Mohamed Yahia from Saharawi Arab.
All the five envoys will be operating from outside, with the most of them based in Pretoria, South Africa.
On Tuesday, President Banda also received Letters of Credence from four envoys from Seychelles, Poland, Denmark and Mauritius.
New Zealand High Commissioner to Malawi, Richard Mann, made the pledge on Thursday in Lilongwe after presenting Letters of Credence to President Dr. Joyce Banda at Kamuzu Palace.
Mann, who was the last to present Letters after four other envoys, told journalists that his country, which prides in dairy livestock production, finds the initiative worthwhile and that his government would do everything possible to assist.
President Dr. Joyce Banda receives letter of credence from High Commissioner Richard Mann of Newzealand at Kamuzu Palace
Mann added that he had also discussed with President Banda other issues including how the two countries could strengthen their education systems and that he hoped to see the bilateral relations between the countries strengthened.
Earlier in the day, four more envoys from Algeria, Cyprus, Saharawi Arab and Fiji presented their Letters to President Banda.
The New Fiji Ambassador to Malawi, Berniamino Salacakau, said while his country, a collection of over 300 islands north of Australia, was too far away for trade corporation with Malawi, the two countries could engage each other in technical and cultural cooperation.
“Fiji is a small country with a population of 900,000 with sugar and tourism as our major economic pillars. Geographically it would not be possible for us to have trade ties because we have competitors in between with whom it could be cheaper to trade.
“But we could have cultural and technical cooperation between us and Malawi, being a sugar producing country, we could share technological advantages.”
The other new ambassadors to Malawi are Patros Nacouzis from Cyprus, Mohamed Lamine Laabas from Algeria and Mohamed Yahia from Saharawi Arab.
All the five envoys will be operating from outside, with the most of them based in Pretoria, South Africa.
On Tuesday, President Banda also received Letters of Credence from four envoys from Seychelles, Poland, Denmark and Mauritius.
