{"id":5375,"date":"2017-03-27T22:43:43","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T22:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulkagame.com\/_test_&#038;web\/?p=5375"},"modified":"2017-07-15T08:15:19","modified_gmt":"2017-07-15T08:15:19","slug":"president-kagame-speaks-at-the-atlantic-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/?p=5375","title":{"rendered":"President Kagame speaks at the Atlantic Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-5374\" src=\"http:\/\/paulkagame.com\/_test_&amp;web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Atlantic2017DC.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"733\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Atlantic2017DC.jpg 733w, https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Atlantic2017DC-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Washington DC, 27 March 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Kagame today spoke at the Atlantic Council, a nonpartisan think tank established in 1961 that provides a forum and platform for Heads of State, military leaders, and other international leaders from both sides of the Atlantic to discuss how to navigate the economic and political changes defining the twenty-first century.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In his address, President Kagame said Africans should stop having huge expectations from successive US administrations and instead change to the mindset of what the US and Africa can do together for mutual benefit.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfrican aspirations are rising, even as some countries and regions advance faster than others.\u00a0Africa is looking to future growth shaped by favorable demographics, technological innovations and increasing urbanization.\u00a0For decades, the United States has adopted a monolithic approach to dealing with Africa.\u00a0It\u2019s time for fresh-thinking on how to approach Africa, and the assumptions that underlie this thinking, no matter the\u00a0administration.\u00a0We in Africa\u00a0need to shift from expectation of\u00a0largesse from every incoming administration, to a mind-set of what Africa and the United States can do together, that is of mutual benefit.\u00a0It\u2019s really an opportunity to shape appropriate relationships with the United States, and other global partners, based on Africa\u2019s priorities and ambitions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The think tank encourages constructive leadership, engagement and discussions in the field of international affairs based on the Atlantic Community&#8217;s central role in meeting global challenges.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The round table meeting was also attended by Mostafa Terrab, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer OCP Group, Christopher Spangler, Rwanda Desk Officer, US Department of State, Amb. Jendayi Frazer, Former Assistant Secretary for African Affairs; Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Studies Council on Foreign Relations and Gen. Carter Ham, Former Commander, US Africa Command.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington DC, 27 March 2017 President Kagame today spoke at the Atlantic Council, a nonpartisan think tank established in 1961 that provides a forum and platform for Heads of State, military leaders, and other international leaders from both sides of the Atlantic to discuss how to navigate the economic and political changes defining the twenty-first century. &nbsp; In his address, President Kagame said Africans should stop having huge expectations from successive US administrations and instead change to the mindset of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5375","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\/5375","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5375"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5750,"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5375\/revisions\/5750"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}