Malawian government, the Malawian people, and Mutharika’s relatives.
Mutharika was the founder of the China-Malawi friendship and his important contributions to the establishment and development of China-Malawi relations will be remembered by the two peoples forever, Li said.
The special envoy said China is ready to work with Malawi to continuously promote China-Malawi friendly cooperation.
President Banda thanked President Hu for sending a special envoy to Mutharika’s funeral.
She said the gesture fully demonstrates the true and deep friendship between the two countries.
The Malawian government cherishes its friendship with China, sticks to the one-China policy, and will continue to work with China to consolidate and enhance their friendly cooperation, Banda said.
Earlier on Monday, Li attended Mutharika’s funeral outside Blantyre, Malawi’s commercial capital. — Xi- nhua.



