During a press briefing following his talks with Malawian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nancy Tembo, Mr. Bourita recalled that since Malawi’s withdrawal of its recognition of the pseudo “republic” in 2017, and Particularly over the past three years, several steps have been taken to consolidate bilateral relations.
Among these measures, he noted, are the holding in Laâyoune of the Morocco-Malawi Joint Cooperation Commission, the signing of numerous bilateral agreements, the inauguration of the Malawian embassy in Rabat which welcomed its first ambassador in Morocco, as well as Morocco’s inauguration of its embassy in Lilongwe more than a year ago.
In this context, Mr. Bourita recalled the signing of the bilateral cooperation roadmap for the period 2022-2024, focused on key sectors, notably education and training, technical cooperation, security, economic promotion and investment, noting that this document includes a set of steps being implemented, such as the holding last month of the Malawi Economic Promotion Week, which made it possible to raise awareness of the economic opportunities offered by this country.
The minister specified that the foundations of cooperation between the two countries have been laid and must now be strengthened in three priority areas, including food security, through the fertilizer sector, given that discussions are underway for the signing of an important cooperation agreement in this area.
It is also about training, with the awarding of 100 scholarships to Malawian students in Morocco, particularly in the areas of academic and professional training, in addition to technical cooperation through exchanges of visits between officials of the two countries. , continued the minister.
-Relations between Morocco and Malawi are based on solidarity, underlined Mr. Bourita, assuring that “Morocco has always stood by Malawi in the face of the natural disasters it has suffered in recent years”.
Malawi has, for its part, “always been an ally of Morocco in terms of its national causes, particularly in international and regional forums, at the Human Rights Council and at the UN, given its constant and permanent positions vis-à-vis the Moroccanness of the Sahara,” noted the minister.
The visit of Ms. Nancy Tembo constitutes a key step to implement the common vision of His Majesty King Mohammed VI and His Excellency President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, with a view to creating a model of cooperation between the two countries, concluded Mr. . Bourita, expressing his determination to make a visit next April to Lilongwe to reaffirm the solidity of relations uniting the two countries.
