{"id":17595,"date":"2022-11-10T22:26:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T22:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paulkagame.com\/?p=17595"},"modified":"2022-11-11T03:31:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T03:31:28","slug":"joint-press-conference-with-barbados-prime-minister-kigali-10-november-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/?p=17595","title":{"rendered":"Joint Press Conference with Barbados Prime Minister | Press Statement by President Kagame | Kigali, 10 November 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>I want to take this opportunity to once again welcome the Prime Minister, and her entire delegation, to Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister and I have had very fruitful discussions, and witnessed the signing of two agreements in the areas of sports and bilateral air services.<\/p>\n<p>I have no doubt, that the visit of the Prime Minister and her delegation, will add to the already strong partnership we share, across a range of sectors.<\/p>\n<p>Our relationship, nevertheless, runs deeper than this.<\/p>\n<p>We are both small countries, but with a big vision to elevate the standard and quality of life of our people, working with other countries in our regions.<\/p>\n<p>The pandemic reminded us that economic prosperity means nothing, without putting health at the centre.<\/p>\n<p>And so, one area, where we have found we are able to cooperate productively, is pharmaceutical manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>This is a complex industry, but it is indeed possible for countries like ours, to be part of it, thanks to new technologies and partners.<\/p>\n<p>The important thing is to share knowledge, and cooperate with partners, and we intend to do just that.<\/p>\n<p>We are also sharing experiences on creating digital and technology-enabled jobs for our young people, and adapting to climate change.<\/p>\n<p>We launched the sport of road tennis in Rwanda, which I had the opportunity to test myself when I visited Barbados. I think I did well, just for the first time. We did fine. This is an exciting game that originates in Barbados.<\/p>\n<p>I am confident that this visit is only the beginning, of a long-lasting and impactful partnership.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, Prime Minister, my sister, welcome to Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>I hope that you and your delegation, will enjoy your stay with us, and that this will be the first of many visits. Just like last April when I was visiting your country, I was serious when I promised I would be back.<\/p>\n<p>So, Prime Minister, you may take the floor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I want to take this opportunity to once again welcome the Prime Minister, and her entire delegation, to Rwanda. The Prime Minister and I have had very fruitful discussions, and witnessed the signing of two agreements in the areas of sports and bilateral air services. I have no doubt, that the visit of the Prime Minister and her delegation, will add to the already strong partnership we share, across a range of sectors. Our relationship, nevertheless, runs deeper than this.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-speech","post-has-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17595","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=17595"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17598,"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17595\/revisions\/17598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}