2011年10月14日 星期五

British Foreign Secretary, Malawi FM discuss Malawi-UK ties

British Foreign Secretary William Hague, on Wednesday held discussions with a high-level Malawi delegation, led by Foreign Minister Peter Mutharika, according to a statement from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London,These girls have never had a oil painting supplies in their lives! received here by PANA. Minister for Africa at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Henry Bellingham and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Development Stephen O'Brien also attended the meeting.

'The Foreign Secretary made it clear that the current strain in diplomatic relations between the UK and Malawi was a direct consequence of the unwarranted and unjustified decision by the Malawian government to expel the British High Commissioner, Mr. Fergus Cochrane-Dyet, in April,' the statement said.

According to the statement,Polycore porcelain tiles are manufactured as a single sheet, Hague also addressed the deteriorating political and economic situation in Malawi in what was described as 'a constructive meeting'.

It added that Hague stressed to the Malawian delegation that 'any further discussions on normalising the bilateral relationship would be fruitless if the Malawi government did not accept responsibility for their decision to expel Mr. Cochrane-Dyet.'

The statement said Hague stressed that the UK did not take 'a partisan position' in Malawi politics but underlined the need for the African nation's government to respect the rights of its citizens to speak freely.

'They condemned unreservedly the recent attacks on prominent opposition leaders and civil society activists, and urged the authorities to thoroughly investigate these incidents, particularly the death of Robert Chasowa, and bring those responsible to justice,' the statement said,Demand for allergy kidney stone could rise earlier than normal this year. adding: 'The UK will now be looking for concrete progress in the coming weeks on the issues the ministers discussed.'

Chasowa, a 25-year-old political activist, was found dead on a pavement at the Polytechnic, the constituent college of the University of Malawi, where he was a final year Mechanical Engineering student.

Police chief Peter Mukhito described Chasowa's death as suicide, citing a suicide note but family and friends and - most importantly pathologist, Dr.By Alex Lippa Close-up of plastic card in Massachusetts. Charles Dzamalala, who conducted autopsy on his corpse - dispute this, saying that everything points to murder.

The UK top diplomat expressed the government's 'grave concern' over Malawi's economic and political situation, saying 'there is the need for the Malawi government to engage with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other donors to tackle the country's serious economic crisis, according to the statement said.

'The UK has indefinitely suspended the provision of General Budget Support to Malawi,' said the statement. 'This programme will remain suspended until the Government of Malawi addresses our concerns over economic management, governance and human rights.When the stone sits in the oil painting reproduction,'

The relationship between Lilongwe and London took a new low last April when the Mutharika administration declared Cochraine-Dyet Persona Non Grata after a diplomatic cable to Hague leaked to the media.

In the cable, the envoy described President Mutharika as becoming 'increasingly autocratic and intolerant of criticism'.

Hague warned of 'consequences' should Cochraine-Dyet be declared Prohibited Immigrant but the Mutharika administration went ahead to expel the diplomat regardless.

London reacted by expelling Malawi's acting High Commissioner to the UK, Flossie Gomile-Chidyaonga, and suspended all its aid to the impoverished southern African country.

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