{"id":2000105616,"date":"2026-03-16T15:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/?p=2000105616"},"modified":"2026-03-19T18:15:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:15:19","slug":"rwanda-and-djibouti-discuss-expanding-bilateral-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-and-djibouti-discuss-expanding-bilateral-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda and Djibouti discuss expanding bilateral cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The two ministers also discussed expanding cooperation in areas that would bring mutual benefits to both nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the visit, Minister Nduhungirehe is expected to meet Djibouti\u2019s President and deliver a special message from Rwanda\u2019s President, Paul Kagame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda and Djibouti have maintained strong diplomatic relations for many years. Through a joint ministerial-level commission, the two countries regularly meet to assess opportunities to deepen their partnership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In November 2025, the two nations signed nine cooperation agreements through this commission, covering sectors such as sports, health, family development, and diplomatic training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda and Djibouti had previously concluded other agreements aimed at promoting trade, air transport, technology cooperation, investment protection, and visa-free travel for diplomats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of their growing partnership, Djibouti allocated Rwanda 60 hectares of land, including areas near its port and within a designated commercial zone. In return, Rwanda granted Djibouti 10 hectares of land in the Masoro Industrial Zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rwanda\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Olivier Nduhungirehe, held talks with his Djiboutian counterpart, Abdoulkader Houssein Omar, focusing on strengthening relations between the two countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000105617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[69],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000105616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-48","tag-homehighlights","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"featured_image":{"id":2000105617,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/rw_dj-ee298.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":666,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/rw_dj-ee298.jpg","width":150,"height":100},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/rw_dj-ee298.jpg","width":300,"height":200},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/rw_dj-ee298.jpg","width":768,"height":511},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/rw_dj-ee298.jpg","width":1000,"height":666},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/rw_dj-ee298.jpg","width":1000,"height":666}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000105616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000105616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000105616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000105619,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000105616\/revisions\/2000105619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000105617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000105616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000105616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000105616"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000105616"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000105616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}