{"id":2000111172,"date":"2026-05-06T14:08:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000111172"},"modified":"2026-05-06T17:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:18:07","slug":"president-kagame-in-botswana-for-a-two-day-state-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/president-kagame-in-botswana-for-a-two-day-state-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"President Kagame in Botswana for a two-day state visit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This afternoon, the two Heads of State will hold a t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate meeting followed by bilateral talks between their respective delegations, before addressing a joint press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The discussions will culminate in the signing of bilateral agreements and Memorandums of Understanding in various areas, including a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement; a Memorandum of Agreement on Visa Abolition for holders of Diplomatic, Official, and National Passports; a Bilateral Air Services Agreement; an MoU in the field of Health; an MoU on Economic, Trade and Investment; and an MoU between the Botswana Investment and Trade Centre and the Rwanda Development Board (RDB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later in the evening, President Kagame will attend a State Banquet hosted in his honour by President Duma Boko.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the second day of the visit, President Kagame will tour the Botswana Diamond Trading Company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The State Visit was preceded by the Second Joint Permanent Commission on Cooperation (JPCC) and the Second Rwanda\u2013Botswana Business Forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Joint Permanent Commission on Cooperation was established in 2019 during President Kagame\u2019s previous visit to Botswana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda and Botswana enjoy warm bilateral relations, strengthened through high-level exchanges and the signing of various agreements and Memorandums of Understanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two countries cooperate in several sectors, including diplomacy, mineral resources, defence and security, police cooperation, investment promotion, and agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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President Paul Kagame has arrived in Gaborone, Botswana for a two-day State Visit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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President Kagame was welcomed by his counterpart of Botswana upon arrival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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President Paul Kagame on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, arrived in Gaborone, Botswana for a two-day State Visit, where he was received by President Duma Boko of the Republic of Botswana at Sir Seretse Khama International Airport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000111207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[160],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000111172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-48","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-theophile-niyitegeka"],"bylines":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","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":3}],"contributors":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","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":3}],"featured_image":{"id":2000111207,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hho3irhxiayfi9m-c27a3.jpg","alt":"","caption":"President Kagame was welcomed by his counterpart of Botswana upon arrival","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":692,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hho3irhxiayfi9m-c27a3.jpg","width":150,"height":104},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hho3irhxiayfi9m-c27a3.jpg","width":300,"height":208},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hho3irhxiayfi9m-c27a3.jpg","width":768,"height":531},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hho3irhxiayfi9m-c27a3.jpg","width":1000,"height":692},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hho3irhxiayfi9m-c27a3.jpg","width":1000,"height":692}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000111172","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000111172"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000111172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000111213,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000111172\/revisions\/2000111213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000111207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000111172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000111172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000111172"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000111172"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000111172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}