Malawi's president Bingu Wa Mutharika left for Mainland China on Sunday where among other things he is expected to open the Southern Africa country's first embassy in Beijing on Wednesday.
Speaking to Journalists before his departure on Sunday, Mutharika described his visit to Mainland China, the first ever to be undertaken by a Malawian head of state and that it was historic.
Mutharika told the country's local daily of the Daily Times that he was going to Beijing at the invitation of Mainland China's president Hu Gjintao, just two months after the warm heart of Africa severed its 42 year diplomatic relationship with Taiwan, an Island China still claims as its part.
"I am looking forward to a useful cooperation," said the Malawi president.
While in China, the Malawi president who will open an embassy on Wednesday, is also expected to sign a number of agreements in various sectors of trade, agriculture, energy, economy, transport and health among others.
Malawi's capital Lilongwe and China's Beijing agreed to establish diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level last year on December 28.
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