The Rwandan ambassador to Belgium, Olivier Nduhungirehe has held talks with the Belgium minister of foreign affairs, Didier Reynders that revolved around the bilateral cooperation and regional situation in general.
The talks were held on Tuesday, May 24th, 2016 and concentrated on security and development related issues in the region in which Rwanda is located.
Ambassador Nduhungirehe has told IGIHE that during the talks with Reynders they reflected on Rwanda’s progress where the Belgian minister of foreign affairs lauded Rwanda’s resilience process from the tragic history of 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.
Minister Reynders informed ambassador Nduhungirehe that he plans to visit Rwanda and the region in June 2016.
Belgium has been supporting Rwanda in education sector, health sector and leadership decentralization programs.
At the end of last year in 2015 Belgium aided Rwanda with a grant worth Rwf 10.3 billion to support electricity connections to 6,873 households.
The donation was an additional amount to Euro 55 million provided by Belgium since the year 2011 to support energy sector.
Belgium has previously provided support worth Euro 1.6 million to support Rwanda’s decentralization program, health and energy sectors.
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