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German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has promised her country will provide Malawi with more aid.

A report in the German Deutsche Presse Agentur (DPA) said she told visiting President Bingu wa Mutharika: “We want to help Malawi advance in the fight on poverty and reaching the Millennium Development Goals.”

Mutharika, who also visited Port Hamburg, some 200km North of Berlin on his arrival, expressed there was a lot to learn and benefit from relations with one of the European Union's (EU) major economic player.

Mutharika and his entourage had an opportunity to appreciate what can be applied to the development of the Nsanje World Inland Port, which seek to shorten the trade route to the landlocked Malawi and the rest of the central and southern African countries including Rwanda, Zimbabwe and Zambia, among many others.

Merkel said there was “great potential” to cooperate in public-private partnerships, particularly in the renewable energy sector. The visit will also carter for meetings with potential investors in Frankfurt this Friday.