{{Although Tanzania and Malawi have recently said that they wouldn\u2019t resort to war to solve the lake Malawi ownership crisis, the two neighbours have failed to agree on ownership of the lake with Malawi insisting it owns it 100%.}}<\/p>\n
During eight days of Malawi and Tanzania boarder diplomatic discussions that ended on Saturday in Malawi\u2019s capital Lilongwe, no agreement was attained thus stalling, forcing the high-level government representatives to pursue, further, the misunderstanding from September 10, 2012 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.<\/p>\n
This was expressed at a news Conference, Saturday, in a communiqu\u00e9 that was produced and signed by Malawi\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ephraim Mganda Chiume and Tanzania\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Bernard Kamilia Membe respectively, at the end of the meeting at Bingu International Conference Centre in Lilongwe, Malawi.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter signing a communiqu\u00e9 which was produced from the discussions that representatives of both Malawi and Tanzania discussed, we are happy to announce to the media and all those who are concerned with the boarder misunderstanding issue, that we had a peaceful diplomatic negotiations in our meeting.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have finally agreed to meet again on September 10, 2012 in Dar es Laam in Tanzania to continue our discussions,\u201d reads the Communiqu\u00e9.<\/p>\n
The meeting also agreed to allow attorney generals of the two countries to evaluate the 1890 treaty which determined the border of the lake.<\/p>\n
Highlighting what transpired at the meeting, Membe initially said he took the meeting as \u2018very historic,\u2019 emphasizing, \u201cthat was evidenced by having high-level officials of the two neighbouring countries engaged physically in the boarder misunderstanding between Malawi and Tanzania.\u201d<\/p>\n
Minister Membe said:\u201dThe only thing I can say here is that we had good and peaceful discussions since Saturday, August 20, 2012 here in Malawi covering concerns of the two parties (Malawi and Tanzania boarder misunderstanding or disagreements.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thank all the officials and representatives of the two countries to this meeting. They made our discussions easy to follow and so focused, as they worked with dedication day and night, to the extent that some of them slept late at dawn.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever our differences still remained unresolved, we need to go ahead with this meeting. We have agreed to meet in Tanzania from September 10 to 14, 2012,\u201d said Membe.<\/p>\n
He emphatically said they should handle the Malawi and Tanzania boarder issue with a degree of diplomacy, adding that as such the media fraternity should cover the misunderstanding with a sense of fairness, responsibility and \u2018 especially avoiding being provocative\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to ensure that the people of the two neighbouring countries continue living in peace,\u201d said Minister Membe<\/p>\n
He hinted that exploration activities on the border areas that were affected in the misunderstanding should discontinue, adding that they should be stalled until the Dar es Salaam meeting reached conclusion.<\/p>\n
Taking his turn, Chiume disclosed that the meeting was a follow up of a similar meeting the representatives of the two countries initially held in Tanzania on July 27, 2012.<\/p>\n
He explained that before they arrived at the signing of the communiqu\u00e9 in Lilongwe Saturday, August 25, 2012 they started meeting at Mzuzu Hotel on Saturday, August 20, 2012, in the Northern Region.<\/p>\n
Chiume said the boarder misunderstanding had existed for over 50 years, adding that it was important for the two neighbouring countries to arrive at an agreement, amicably, for people of both countries to continue undertaking their trading activities peacefully.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis issue has been there for 50 years, even during the time of late President Julius Nyerere of Tanzania.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we take long time solving this issue diplomatically, the people of the two countries would be negatively affected. So we need to speed up the process of solving it,\u201d appealed Malawi Minister Chiume
\nHe said he hoped when they meet in Tanzania in September the misunderstanding would be left to rest.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope when we meet in Tanzania in September we put the matter to rest for good and forever,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The Malawi and Tanzania boarder issue has resurfaced as Malawi government engaged a company from Britain this year to explore on Lake Malawi and see if there were oil deposits.<\/p>\n
The scenario had forced President Mrs Joyce Banda of Malawi to hold tete a tete (one on one ) closed meeting during the 32nd Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit , which was held from 17th to 18th August, 2012 in Maputo, Mozambique.<\/p>\n
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