By Eunice Disi Lole

Lilongwe 5 June, Mana: Malawi President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera and his Mozambican counterpart, Daniel Francisco Chapo have vowed to continue making progress on developmental and economic matters.

Speaking during a joint press briefing at Kamuzu Palace where President Chapo was concluding his two-day Official visit to Malawi, Chakwera said he and his colleague have affirmed the facilitation of the transportation of Malawi’s petrol and diesel at the port of Beira, the construction of a dry port for Malawi’s use in Nacala for which Mozambique already pledged the provision of land, revival of rail transportation through the Sena Corridor.

He said they have also made agreements to accelerate the implementation of the Malawi-Mozambique Interconnection Power Line to link Malawi’s grid to Southern Africa Power Pool and construction of One-Go-Border Posts at various points of entry between Mozambique and Malawi one of which was commissioned at Dedza-Calomue Border on Friday.

Chakwera said he was delighted that the visit by the Mozambican President had coincided with the Joint Permanent Commission of Cooperation whose positive outcomes are in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Communique for everyone to see.

“It is critical that that these developments should continue and I expect all Ministers who have been part of those discussions to sustain the momentum so that Malawians can see the full benefits of these interventions,” he said.

In his remarks, President Daniel Francisco Chapo. described his two-day visit to Malawi as productive for the two countries for the social-economic growth through trade and other critical sectors of development.

Chapo has commended Chakwera for being an action based kind of leader and has called for speedy implementation of the newly signed MOUs to facilitate trade activities, energy, security and other sectors of development.

President Chapo was on a two-day visit to Malawi marking 50 years of bilateral relationship between the two countries.

Among other engagements, the Mozambican leader visited Parliament Building and the Kamuzu Mausoleum in Lilongwe. He also engaged with the business community, both from Malawi and Mozambique and opened Dedza-Calomue One-Go- Border Post with President Dr Lazarus Chakwera.