Putin, Mutharika talks successful: Malawi to get Russia windfall of support
President Peter Mutharika held a one-on-one meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin at the Sirius Park of Science and Art in Sochi, Russia which has been described by State House as “successful” and beneficial to the southern African nation.
Mutharika is leading the Malawi delegation at the Russia-Africa summit with focus on investment in enegry, mining and opening up of new markets for Malawi in Russia for products such as tobacco and legumes.
Presidential spokesman Mgeme Kalilani said from Russia that Mutharika meeting with Putin lasted for about 30 minutes and discussed wide range of areas of co-operation.
He said the meeting was successful and useful as Mutharika pushed for Malawi’s benefits in trade and investment.
Mutharika expressed his appreciation to Putin for bringing together African countries and utilising the platform of the forum to further develop economic relations by creating investment opportunities for Malawi and other nations in Africa.
Putin has since called for trade with African countries to double over the next four to five years and said Moscow had written off African debts to the tune of over $20 billion.
Apart from trade and investments, Putin said Russia will provide support to Malawi and other African countries “at the state level.”
Putin has since accused former colonial powers in the West of intimidating African countries to exploit the continent’s resources.
“We see how an array of Western countries are resorting to pressure, intimidation and blackmail of sovereign African governments,” Putin told TASS news agency.
Meanwhile, President Mutharika will on Thursday address the first Plenary Session of the Russia-Africa Summit.
President Mutharika is accompanied by Minister of Finance Joseph Mwanamvekha, Minister of Foreign affairs Francis Kasaila and Minister of Trade Salim Bagus.
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Why is the Malawi president not looking in the eyes of Putin?
Ukanunkha mkamwa umayang’ana kumbari
I think Malawi needs to help itself ,like supporting smaller businesses not discussition every time for loans or help. We need leaders who are brave enough to lift up the country. Malawi is not poor country but it’s got poor leadership.
Help smaller businesses to grow and create jobs for people not help. For example you can train young people in different fields of business and support them and money to start up business with help from goverment .i mean good capital to start serious business to create jobs needed.
Who can trust Putin? His record speaks for itself. He has annexed the Crimea and attempted to take over in Ukraine. He is ex-KGB and knows all its old tricks. Dissidents are removed even when living abroad. Seeing Mutharika cosying up to Putin is disgraceful. Still, it takes one to know one; ‘birds of a feather ‘ and all that. Malawi may be desperate for investment, but please let us be very careful who we approach. .Communist China and now Putin’s Russia are not the investors Malawi needs. We must be much more selective. We have forfeited the help of our best friends because of corruption (cashgate, etc). Until we put our own house in order by getting rid of corruption we will not attract the true investors that we so desperately need. Incidentally you can’t achieve much in a 30 minute audience; most of that time would have been taken up with translating the conversation. That is just Mutharika grandstanding once again and attempting to burnish his image by being photographed with Putin.
Foolish!!!. Where is the windfall(Is it chiphwisi-nuclear bomb from the anus)? Rwanda is getting a nuclear plant. Are we getting wind(Yes or No-but we enjoy wind every day?) Is the wind falling in Malawi? A wind fall of opportunities without names? In short, the title would have read…”Malawi wadya galu at the Africa Russia Summit” Shupit zanu! Windfall windfall my ass!
Windfall from where? Kikikikiiiiiiii. Nayo yikulira Russia ndi ma sanctions a EU ndi US. Ndi mayoo weni weni anzanuwonso pano. Palibe titachitikepo apa apart from it just being symbolic.
30 MNTS?
Russia wants to come and be producing beer. That is why Castel is in problmes
Putin was held of KGB. May be we will get how to smartly eliminate HRDC activisits
What windfall is in this story apart from the 30 minute meeting?
You tell me kikikikiiiiiiii
I wonder what kind of discussions took place in about 30mins. Maybe just malonjetu
30 minutes is too much time for the business…
But we should remember that Putin speaks through an interpreter … he is not fluent in English. Hence, while 30 min can be too much time, it is not as much when you involve interpreters in the discussion. Maybe it was not a discussion, but that someone was briefing the other one. kkkkkk
Russia can not and will not be a friend of Malawi, Mr Putin is looking for something even him is not a true democrat he has nothing to offer apart from reaping off the country
Are you sure USA is a true model of democracy ? Is USA disruption of international law, multilateralism, international cooperation on global economic and geopolitical stability reflective of tenents of democracy? UK and USA are they not also after their own national interest in this beautiful country? You think they stick to Malawi in vain? or out of love?
Remember how much people in this country cursed Bingu for dropping Taiwan for China? Have we not benefitted from China? What were we gaining from Taiwan other than because USA doing it only in the interest of US foreign policy? When are we going to construct our own foreign policy? Stop opposing just because it is a DPP president. Look to the future of Malawi and not Peter who is leaving in 3 years time if he survives the court challenge of the legitimacy of his presidency.
Did we all see the same summit or there was another one where the Muntharika met Putin in person?
Nzawo akuwayang’ana idzodzo dzikuyang’ana kumbali. mxiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Russia Windfall? Hehe! More breeze than wind.
There’s nothing like Free Lunch.
There are no free lunches in this world, African leaders open ur eyes
Up until when shall our country be a beggar…..after more than 50 years of independence and self rule it looks like this begging illness is so embedded in our society so much so that as a nation we don’t even feel embarrassed when our leaders goes around the world begging.
Our country is so blessed with all the resources we need to be a very successful nation, water, fertile soil, clean air, people etc .
But despite all these blessings the things which we are good at is corruption, sex which obviously has contributed to the hiv epidemic that our is well know of around the world.
Please stop corruption and start working hard to develop our country for how long are we going to be begging for help from rich countries and for how long will those rich countries put up with us when they see that their help end up being abused through corruption?
Russia has nothing to do with this small noisy country.Whites from Russian can not live in scourging ,boiling country .Just wait for Chinese Lebanese and Egyptians.