Algeria – Rwanda: FM Mushikiwabo talks with his Algerian counterpart

{Rwanda and Algeria have decided to advance bilateral cooperation to raise the height of the special partnership between the two countries. This was revealed to Algeria’s Press by Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Louise Mushikiwabo, shortly after meeting in Algiers with his Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra.}

She said that Algeria and Rwanda agreed to stamp a “qualitative impetus “to bilateral cooperation and raise the level of political relations between the two countries.

The two countries agreed to organize a joint commission during the first half of 2014.

Apart from working on specific exchanges in the fields of security and culture, two sides also agreed on other areas of cooperation, including the business community.

The spokesman for the Foreign Ministry in Algeria, Amar Belani, told APS that Algeria and Rwanda have expressed their “determination” to boost bilateral cooperation in all fields: political, security, economic and cultural.

The two countries have also decided to” reactivate “the mechanism of political consultation meetings for consultation on all common issues and it” can be held on a regular basis.”

They also decided to start in the short term, cooperation in training in several specialties in the field of national security.

Algeria and Rwanda have, on this occasion, decided to start the process of preparing the next session of the Joint Committee to be held in 2014.

“Both countries want to focus on the renovation of the legal framework of bilateral cooperation and explore opportunities for setting up a business council to exploit investment avenues in the public and private sectors,” he added.

Rwandan Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo had participated for three days in Algiers, a high-level seminar on peace and security in Africa.

{{Algeria Press}}

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