This evening at the Élysée Palace, President Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame attended a dinner hosted by French President
@EmmanuelMacron
and First Lady Brigitte Macron in honour of Heads of State and Government, as well as other dignitaries attending the 19th Francophonie
President Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame attend the opening of the 19th Francophonie Summit and join a dinner hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron.
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Today in Villers-Cotterêts, President Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame joined other Heads of State and Government for the opening of the 19th Francophonie Summit. They were welcomed by
@OIFrancophonie
Secretary-General
@LMushikiwabo
and French President
@EmmanuelMacron
.
President Kagame begins his three day Official Visit to Latvia with a tour of the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia. President Kagame and his host President Edgars Rinkēvičs will tomorrow hold a closed-door meeting before addressing a joint press conference.
This morning in Latvia’s capital Riga, President Kagame was received by President Edgars Rinkēvičs
@edgarsrinkevics
at the Riga Castle where they held tête-a-tête discussions before being joined by members of both delegations for bilateral discussions.
“Following my discussion with the President, and between our delegations, it is evident that Rwanda and Latvia share strong bonds of friendship. We were deeply moved by our visit yesterday to the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia. This exhibit holds a universal message about the
Welcome, Your Excellency President Kagame, to Riga. Very much looking forward to develop strong political and trade cooperation between Latvia and Rwanda. It also important to work together to uphold principles of international law both globally and regionally 🇱🇻 🇷🇼
In this Op-Ed, First Lady Jeannette Kagame explores the vitality of cleanliness in physical, psychological and spiritual aspects.
“Umuturage ku isonga.
Indeed: we are owed every last effort from those upon which has been bestowed the honour to serve.
But this effort cannot be
“When solving the challenges that our country faces, we should first and foremost ensure that no Rwandan is left behind. Every Rwandan has to see themselves in the solutions we seek or those that we find for those challenges, and they have to play their part.
They should not
“In Rwanda, we have many unique situations that result from our history, from our political context, from our geographical location in the region, like the fact that we don’t have direct access to a port.
Because of that, we have to look for all the possible ways we can use to
President Kagame also met with President Tharman Shanmugaratnam of Singapore. The two leaders discussed key areas of cooperation in trade, investment, financial technology as well as concrete steps towards fostering private sector ties between the two nations.
President Kagame later held a meeting with Singapore Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong. They renewed their commitment to strong bilateral partnership and exchanged on shared values of good governance, and leadership aimed at transforming lives of citizens. The
Today at The Istana in Singapore, President Kagame attended a luncheon hosted by Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong. They exchanged on various issues including global affairs, and the impact of technology on development. They also discussed the productive economic partnership and
President Kagame meets with President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong, and Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong during a visit to Singapore.
“Rwanda has had a tragic history but we have left that behind us. For us to move forward successfully we had to make choices, policy choices if you will. It starts with mobilizing everybody in the country to understand why some of those choices are the ones we have to adopt.
“Rwanda has gone through many difficulties. And at a personal level, by the way, my family, we became refugees when I was four years old and stayed in a refugee camp for slightly over two decades. Then later on of course the history lessons of our own tragic 1994 Genocide because
“Our history really gives two lessons; one is what human beings can do that is terrible, including self-destruction. But there is another side when we recover from all this, that human beings actually have in them, the better side that can also move them to a good future that
Lewis, arriving in style at the FIA Prize Giving 2014.
For 2024, the ceremony will hit the African continent for the first time in its history.
Watch it live from Kigali, December 13th, on FIA YouTube channel.
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