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Thursday, 4 September 2008

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association visits Malawi

A three-man delegation from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), a UK-based organisation which works to support good govervance, democracy and human rights, is in the country on a week long visit.

According to the delegation leader Ian Davison here Thursday, the CPA visit will strengthen ties between Malawi and Britain.

"We would like to discuss with local people on a number of issues, including various developmental projects implemented by government and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and Plan Malawi if their work benefited Malawians," he said.

While in the country, the delegation is expected to meet government officials, non-governmental organisations and will also visit election registration centres in parts of the Malawi capital Lilongwe to see how the exercise for the 2009 general elections was being conducted.

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