Mutharika says Malawi cannot go to war with Tanzania over lake
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has retaliate his government’s position that it will not negotiate Lake Malawi border dispute issue with Tanzania but categorically ruled out going to war with Tanzania.
Mutharika made the remarks today in Lilongwe when he addressed the media two days after his return from Washington where he attended the US-African leaders’ summit.
Mutharika was responding to the question that was put up to him to disclose the discussion that he had with Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete on the side line of some events in Washington.
He said although during the campaign period he had said Lake Malawi border dispute issue with Tanzania was not negotiable, he said during the meeting with Kikwete they only discussed matters bordering on fishing in Lake Malawi by citizens of both countries.
He, however, on the dispute said his government will review what the Joyce Banda government had presented to the Sadc former leaders and map out the way forward.
“We will let the channel of discussion that was established between the two countries to continue while we are reviewing how far the discussions had reached.
“Yes I said Lake Malawi issue is not negotiable but we cannot go to war with Tanzania over the lake,” he said.
Zoona Bwana, Nyanja ya Malawi ndi ya Malawi basi. Kana Tate wa pfuko la Malawi malemu Ngwazi Dr H Kamuzu Banda adakana izi kale ndipo adamuudza President Nyerere kuti asamalire chifukwa Malawi alinso ndi nkhwinzi pa dziko lache limene linkafika ku mapiiri a Usambara chakumpoto, ku m’mawa mpaka ku Ntwara ku Indian Ocean, ndi ku Luangwa Valley cha madzulo-Nyerere atafufuza-fufuza umboni uwu, nkhani idathera pomwepo. Ma Swahiri amene anali mu boma lapita lija sadakonde Malawi ai koma kwao ku Tanganyika.
A Tanzania kuzolowera kuba, futso nail-bwanji sakugawana phiri la Kilimanjaro ndi dziko la Kenya bwanji? Kodi inu ma Taifa kutitola moteromu bwanji? Sizitheka nkana pang’ono.
A Mutharika, nkhani iyi tiri nanu patsogolo ndipo osafowokera ai.