{{From 27th February to 2 March 2013, twenty Belgian investors will visit Rwanda in search of investment opportunities.}}
Their visit is triggered by Rwanda’s reputation in ‘Doing Business’ as well as its high level of security.
The investors will come from AWEX (Wallonia Export), BIE (Brussels Invest and Export) and FIT (Flanders International Trade).
Belgian investors made the decision despite recommendations and instructions of the Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders, who recommended that the team should consider Burundi instead of Rwanda.
Minister Reynders told investors that they will receive no help from Belgium Government if they invest in Rwanda.
A Brussels Parliamentarian, Vincent Lurquin also supports the idea of Reynders.
Despite the objections from Reynders, Belgian investors find that their interests are different from those of the Belgian political class.
“These investors received visa according to legal procedure. Any other objection not about Rwanda,” said the Rwandan ambassador Robert Masozera stationed in Brussels.
Ambassador Masozera told IGIHE that he spends 80% of his time on awareness campaign program encouraging potential investors to invest in Rwanda while at the same time supports investors who want to visit Rwanda.
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