{"id":39811,"date":"2019-08-08T09:46:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T09:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwanda-commits-to-strengthened-ties-with\/"},"modified":"2019-08-12T13:49:46","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T13:49:46","slug":"rwanda-commits-to-strengthened-ties-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-commits-to-strengthened-ties-with\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda commits to strengthened ties with Mozambique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The President made the comments yesterday as he witnessed the signing of the Peace and Reconciliation Agreement between the Government of Mozambique and the Mozambican National Resistance (RENAMO).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRwanda will continue to stand with Mozambique as a friend and a brotherly country. We are also partners in another important struggle, namely the one to integrate and transform our continent as a whole,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to deepening the fraternal ties between our countries, and our regions, in the years ahead. Once again, on behalf of the people of Rwanda, congratulations and best wishes,\u201d added Kagame. <\/p>\n<p>He congratulated President Nyusi and the Mozambican Government, as well as the leadership of RENAMO for successfully concluding the peace talk and emphasized that these agreements have a great significance to the people of Mozambique bringing the promise to an end to decades of conflict and uncertainty, and the renewal of national unity and cohesion. <\/p>\n<p>Even if previous efforts have not succeeded, Kagame said, it is never a waste to give a shot to peace one more time highlighting that the achievement matters to all Africans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt shows that we can find solutions to our problems, no matter how protracted and difficult. Dialogue and inclusion cannot be imposed from outside. And once consensus is reached, it can only be sustained from within,\u201d he stressed.  <\/p>\n<p>Kagame reiterated that Mozambicans have come together to turn the page and advised that nothing should prevent the country from achieving even more, in terms of development and well-being for citizens. <\/p>\n<p>Rwanda and Mozambique enjoy good relationships. In 2016 and 2018, both countries signed cooperation agreements in politics, governance, tourism, agriculture, mining, air transport services, promoting investment, science and technology, and professional training.<\/p>\n<p>In July 2018, Mozambique president, Filipe Nyusi visited Rwanda following president Paul Kagame\u2019s visit to Mozambique in 2016 when he talked to investors and invited them to invest in Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Mozambique accommodates over 3500 Rwandans involved in different businesses<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony of signing peace agreements was graced by numerous dignitaries including President Paul Kagame, Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, Edgar Lungu of Zambia, the President of Namibia Hage Geingob, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mousa Faki Mahamat and the former President of Tanzania, Jakaya Kikwete among others. <\/p>\n<p>The agreements are expected to put an end to 16-year long war between both parties that has taken the lives of over 1 million people and ravaging the economy. The RENAMO insurgency was a guerrilla campaign by militants of the RENAMO party in Mozambique. <\/p>\n<p>The insurgency is widely considered to be an aftershock of the Mozambican Civil War; it resulted in renewed tensions between RENAMO and Mozambique\u2019s ruling FRELIMO coalition over charges of state corruption and the disputed results of 2014 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>A ceasefire was announced between the government and the rebels in September 2014. However, renewed tensions sparked violence in mid-2015.<\/p>\n<p>On August 1, 2019, President Filipe Nyusi and RENAMO leader Ossufo Momade signed a peace agreement at RENAMO\u2019s remote military base in the Gorongosa mountains which brought an end to hostilities. The last remaining REMANO fighters afterward surrendered their weapons.er of equipment.<\/p>\n<p>RENAMO started disarming its soldiers last week following fruitful negotiations of peace agreements to operate as a political party. <\/p>\n<p>Some of the disarmed rebels will be integrated into Mozambique military and police forces while others will be integrated into the community. <\/p>\n<p>Over 5200 RENAMO fighters are expected to abandon hostilities. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31295 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/moz1-2-c3dc6.jpg\" alt=\"President Paul Kagame has said that Rwanda is committed to standing with Mozambique as a friend and a brotherly country\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31296 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/moz11-8b0f1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31297 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/moz10-4d29d.jpg\" alt=\"He congratulated President Nyusi and the Mozambican Government, as well as the leadership of RENAMO for successfully concluding the peace talk\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31298 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/moz7-f6cf1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31299 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/moz5-2-93a37.jpg\" alt=\"Rwanda and Mozambique enjoy good relationships.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31300 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/moz3-2-59a5d.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31301 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/moz2-2-7fb93.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure 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