{"id":14005,"date":"2018-12-20T08:21:46","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T08:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulkagame.com\/?p=14005"},"modified":"2018-12-20T18:00:45","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T18:00:45","slug":"president-kagame-on-two-day-state-visit-in-cote-divoire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/?p=14005","title":{"rendered":"President Kagame on two-day State Visit in Cote d’Ivoire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Abidjan, 20 December 2018\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n
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President Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame yesterday arrived in Abidjan,\u00a0C\u00f4te d’Ivoire for a two-day State\u00a0Visit. The Visit aims to further strengthen\u00a0diplomatic and economic relations between the two countries.<\/div>\n
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Upon arrival at\u00a0F\u00e9lix Houphou\u00ebt-Boigny International Airport, the Head of State and First Lady were welcomed by President Alassane Ouattara and First Lady Dominique Ouattara of\u00a0Cote d’Ivoire.<\/div>\n
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In the evening, the two leaders, together with their delegation, held bilateral talks followed by a\u00a0t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate after which four bilateral agreements were signed. These include\u00a0an agreement on the exemption from visa requirements, a MoU on the organization of the Joint Commission for Cooperation, a MoU on political consultations between the ministries of foreign affairs of the two countries, and the protocol of Cooperation for the modernization of the public administration.<\/div>\n
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At a State\u00a0Banquet\u00a0hosted in their\u00a0honor, President Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame were awarded\u00a0the\u00a0\u00ab\u00a0Grand-Croix\u00a0de\u00a0l’Ordre\u00a0National\u00a0de C\u00f4te\u00a0<\/span>d’Ivoire\u00a0\u00bb and the<\/span>\u00a0\u00abGrade de\u00a0Commandeur de l’Ordre National de C\u00f4te\u00a0<\/span>d’Ivoire\u00a0\u00bb respectively.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Speaking at the Banquet, President Kagame dedicated the distinction to the people of Rwanda and highlighted that, although\u00a0<\/span>Rwanda and C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire are at opposite ends of the\u00a0continent, they share more than their African heritage.<\/div>\n

\n“Like Rwanda, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire has lived through extremely difficult circumstances. But we also have in common the drive to break with the past and create a brighter future for our people. We want to build on the friendship and solidarity, between Rwanda and C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, for the benefit of our two peoples. The regular RwandAir flights from Kigali to Abidjan, are a good starting point. Rwandans and Ivorians should visit each other more, and do more business with each other. Rwanda and C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire will continue to work together for a stronger and more united continent, particularly through the ongoing reform of the African Union,” President Kagame said.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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On the second day of the Visit, the Head of State will interact with business leaders operating in Cote d’Ivoire on issues pertaining to free trade, industrialization, and share Rwanda’s experience in trade and industry.<\/div>\n
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One of the key areas of cooperation between Rwanda and\u00a0C\u00f4te d’Ivoire\u00a0has been the signing of a Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) that resulted in RwandAir\u2019s flights to Abidjan starting in October 2016.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Abidjan, 20 December 2018\u00a0 \u00a0 President Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame yesterday arrived in Abidjan,\u00a0C\u00f4te d’Ivoire for a two-day State\u00a0Visit. The Visit aims to further strengthen\u00a0diplomatic and economic relations between the two countries. Upon arrival at\u00a0F\u00e9lix Houphou\u00ebt-Boigny International Airport, the Head of State and First Lady were welcomed by President Alassane Ouattara and First Lady Dominique Ouattara of\u00a0Cote d’Ivoire. In the evening, the two leaders, together with their delegation, held bilateral talks followed by a\u00a0t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate after which four bilateral…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","post-has-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14005"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14010,"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14005\/revisions\/14010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}