{"id":248,"date":"2011-05-25T14:37:37","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T14:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwandan-ambassador-accredited-in-latvia\/"},"modified":"2011-05-25T14:34:21","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T14:34:21","slug":"rwandan-ambassador-accredited-in-latvia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwandan-ambassador-accredited-in-latvia\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwandan Ambassador accredited in Latvia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p><strong>Non-resident Ambassador of the Republic of Rwanda <span data-scaytid=\"5\" data-scayt_word=\"Immaculee\">Immaculee<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-scaytid=\"7\" data-scayt_word=\"Uwanyiligira\">Uwanyiligira<\/span>&nbsp;is on her<br \/>\naccreditation visit in Latvia from 19 to 25 May 2011.<\/strong><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Ambassador has already met with the Secretary of State of<br \/>\nthe Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Latvia <span data-scaytid=\"10\" data-scayt_word=\"Andris\">Andris<\/span> <span data-scaytid=\"11\" data-scayt_word=\"Teikmanis\">Teikmanis<\/span>. During the<br \/>\nmeeting Ambassador <span data-scaytid=\"8\" data-scayt_word=\"Uwanyiligira\">Uwanyiligira<\/span> talked about the African Platform international<br \/>\ndiscussion forum which took place on 20 May in the Latvian capital Riga and<br \/>\nwhere she had introduced the audience to Rwanda\u2019s development perspective. The<br \/>\nAmbassador was positive about holding such a forum in Latvia, which allows<br \/>\ntaking a closer look at the diversity offered by the African<br \/>\ncontinent.&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Ambassador\u2019s accreditation visit also<br \/>\nincluded a meeting with representatives from the Chamber of Commerce and<br \/>\nIndustry of Latvia when economic co-operation prospects were discussed.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Today, the Ambassador is to present her credentials to President<br \/>\n<span data-scaytid=\"12\" data-scayt_word=\"Valdis\">Valdis<\/span> <span data-scaytid=\"13\" data-scayt_word=\"Zatlers\">Zatlers<\/span>. Following that, the Ambassador is scheduled to meet with Deputy<br \/>\nSpeaker of the <span data-scaytid=\"14\" data-scayt_word=\"Saeima\">Saeima<\/span> <span data-scaytid=\"15\" data-scayt_word=\"Andrejs\">Andrejs<\/span> <span data-scaytid=\"16\" data-scayt_word=\"Klementjevs\">Klementjevs<\/span> for a discussion on the relations<br \/>\nbetween both countries.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Diplomatic relations between Latvia and Rwanda were established<br \/>\nin 2007. <span data-scaytid=\"1\" data-scayt_word=\"H.E\">H.E<\/span>.&nbsp;<span data-scaytid=\"6\" data-scayt_word=\"Immaculee\">Immaculee<\/span> <span data-scaytid=\"9\" data-scayt_word=\"Uwanyiligira\">Uwanyiligira<\/span> is the first Ambassador of the<br \/>\nRepublic of Rwanda in Latvia. She has obtained a <span data-scaytid=\"2\" data-scayt_word=\"M.A\">M.A<\/span> degree from Columbia<br \/>\nUniversity in New York and a master\u2019s degree in information technology and<br \/>\ntelecommunications from The Johns Hopkins University in Maryland. The<br \/>\nAmbassador has held different posts in UN representations in Addis Ababa<br \/>\n(Ethiopia) and Khartoum (Sudan), and in the UN headquarters in New York City.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Ambassador\u2019s residence is located in The Hague, the<br \/>\nNetherlands.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Non-resident Ambassador of the Republic of Rwanda Immaculee Uwanyiligira&nbsp;is on her accreditation visit in Latvia from 19 to 25 May 2011. The Ambassador has already met with the Secretary of State of the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Latvia Andris Teikmanis. During the meeting Ambassador Uwanyiligira talked about the African Platform international discussion forum [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[294],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-abraham-rumanzi"],"bylines":[{"id":294,"name":"Abraham Rumanzi","slug":"abraham-rumanzi","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":null}],"contributors":[{"id":294,"name":"Abraham Rumanzi","slug":"abraham-rumanzi","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":null}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=248"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}