{"id":41496,"date":"2020-06-06T15:24:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T15:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/president-kagame-indian-pm-modi-hold-talks-on-bilateral-ties-and-covid-19\/"},"modified":"2020-06-12T21:26:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T21:26:00","slug":"president-kagame-indian-pm-modi-hold-talks-on-bilateral-ties-and-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/president-kagame-indian-pm-modi-hold-talks-on-bilateral-ties-and-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"President Kagame, Indian PM Modi hold talks on bilateral ties and COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHad a very good call with my friend PM @narendramodi, we discussed our historically good relationship and the support India continues to offer us,\u201d President Kagame posted on Twitter<\/p>\n<p>The President said he thanked Modi for the medical supplies and equipment India donated to Rwanda in this fight against Covid-19. <\/p>\n<p>The India Premier responded with a tweet thanking President Kagame for the leadership shown in the fight against the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndia is honoured to support your efforts, not only for fighting the pandemic but also for advancing Rwanda\u2019s impressive development story,\u201d PM Modi said <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRwanda is, and will remain, an important pillar of India\u2019s relationship with Africa.\u201d He added<\/p>\n<p>Like India, China, Qatar and Germany have also voiced their support to Rwanda\u2019s fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian Association Rwanda (INAR) on April 8 donated medical supplies worth two million Rwandan francs to the local authorities to help with testing and treating Covid-19 patients.<\/p>\n<p>Modi made a two-day state visit in Rwanda in July 2018, becoming the first Indian head of government to set foot in Rwanda and during the visit, he announced the setting up of an Indian high commission in Kigali, which has since been established.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35832 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/42880490954_09c21bbf9e_b-2-d50ff.jpg\" alt=\"President Paul Kagame held a phone conversation with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the bilateral relations between the two countries \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35833 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/42893785334_01e148b74d_b-97f09.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cIndia is honoured to support your efforts, not only for fighting the pandemic but also for advancing Rwanda\u2019s impressive development story,\u201d PM Modi said \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35834 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/43598037531_f9a54bd555_b-9880c.jpg\" alt=\"The India Premier responded with a tweet thanking President Kagame for the leadership shown in the fight against the pandemic.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Paul Kagame held a phone conversation with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the bilateral relations between the two countries and their mutual efforts in the fight against the coronavirus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[2942],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-41496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-nicole-kamanzi-m"],"bylines":[{"id":2942,"name":"Nicole Kamanzi M.","slug":"nicole-kamanzi-m","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":2942,"name":"Nicole 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