{"id":45651,"date":"2022-04-15T06:17:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T06:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/president-kagame-hosted-to-state-dinner-by-governor-general-of-jamaica\/"},"modified":"2022-04-16T09:48:44","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T09:48:44","slug":"president-kagame-hosted-to-state-dinner-by-governor-general-of-jamaica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/president-kagame-hosted-to-state-dinner-by-governor-general-of-jamaica\/","title":{"rendered":"President Kagame hosted to State Dinner by Governor-General of Jamaica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kagame arrived in Jamaica on Wednesday 13th April 2022 where he was received by the Governor-General of Jamaica and Prime Minister, Andrew Holness upon arrival.<\/p>\n<p>During his three-day visit to be concluded on Friday, Kagame visited Jamaica\u2019s National Heroes Park where he paid tribute to the country\u2019s first National Hero, Marcus Garvey and addressed a joint sitting of the Jamaican Parliament. <\/p>\n<p>As he addressed parliamentarians, the Head of State said that it is no accident that the idea of African unity arose from the island where the descendants of those who had been forcibly separated from their ancestral homeland deeply felt the pain of disunity and contempt.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCelebrating what we share as Africans and the African diaspora helps us confront the harsh realities of this world we live in. Even now, we are constantly reminded that we have to work together and support one another,\u201d he noted.  <\/p>\n<p>Kagame also highlighted that it is high time for Africa and the Caribbean to work together in a direct and sustained manner, both through respective regional organizations \u2014 CARICOM and the African Union \u2014 and bilaterally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Rwanda, we are also keen to cooperate with Jamaica much more closely and share experiences in trade and investment, as well as national unity and citizens\u2019 development,\u201d he revealed.  <\/p>\n<p>On Thursday afternoon, Kagame also met with Opposition Leader of Jamaica and President of the People&#8217;s National Party, Mark J. Golding and Parliamentarian Lisa Hanna, for discussions on a range of topics including increasing trade and cooperation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-41904 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/akgme.jpg\" alt=\"President Kagame and Sir Patrick Allen at the State Dinner in Jamaica. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-41901 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/akjam.jpg\" alt=\"President Kagame was warmly welcomed in Jamaica. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-41902 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/akjam_2.jpg\" alt=\"Jamaican leaders interacting with President Paul Kagame at the State Dinner. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-41903 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/akjam_1.jpg\" alt=\"The State Dinner was also attended by different Jamaican officials. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Sir Patrick Allen, the Governor-General of Jamaica and her wife Lady have hosted a State Dinner in honour of President Paul Kagame who is in the country for a maiden visit.}<\/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":[72,75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-45651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","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":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","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":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45651","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\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45651\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45651"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=45651"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=45651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}