Chakwera says political, economic stability way to build nations
President Lazarus Chakwera says creation of political and economic stability around the world is the way to build nations and forge a new path for international relations.
He made the remarks on Friday at the African Brain Trust foreign Policy Forum for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation in Washington DC, where he called for collaboration between nations.
He said the jostling for dominance of the world by largest economies has been a race which has left the shared environment severely degraded.
The President said vulnerable nations become easy targets for radicalisation and extremist ideologies when there is economic inequality, unsustainable debt, and spread of global pandemics, continued nuclear proliferation and deepening of poverty around the world.
Chakwera said the top priority for the foreign policy of the world’s major powers, especially the United States, should be creation of stability by making the global political and economic systems more equitable, sustainable and accessible for poor nations so that they develop resilient and productive economies.
He said: “The race that America can win in Africa is the race to build Africa into a capable labour force, a robust centre of innovation, production and developing the continent with modernised infrastructure.
“In a vulnerable country like Malawi, America’s top priority must be investment in agriculture, health, education, trade and infrastructure, among others.”
The President commended the US government for awarding Malawi the second Millennium Challenge Compact.
Chakwera further said the global crisis such as climate change, public health, food security and economic volatility
are not solvable without multilateral relations between nations.
US representative for Congressional Black Caucus for California Karen Bass said African nations need people of President Chakwera’s calibre to openly point out what nations are facing and what is expected of developed countries amidst a global crisis. Black Caucus Foundation was formed in 1971 to advance the global black community by developing leaders and informing policy, among others.
