{"id":48858,"date":"2023-09-12T15:50:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T15:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kagame-receives-message-from-his-counterpart-of-benin\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T15:51:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T15:51:09","slug":"kagame-receives-message-from-his-counterpart-of-benin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kagame-receives-message-from-his-counterpart-of-benin\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagame receives message from his counterpart of Benin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The development has been confirmed by Rwanda&#8217;s Presidency but did not disclose more details about the visit. <\/p>\n<p>Rwanda and Benin share a history of strong bilateral relations and have collaborated in various areas, including information and communication technology (ICT), urban development, administration, and air transport, among others.<\/p>\n<p>In April this year, Kagame held a two-day visit to the Western Africa  country aimed at further strengthening bilateral cooperation, particularly in trade, investment, expertise exchange, tourism, and other sectors. <\/p>\n<p>At the time, Rwanda and Benin signed a defence and security agreement to address insecurity and terror threats in the West African country.<\/p>\n<p>The two nations agreed to work together to safeguard the borders of Benin, especially in the northern region of the country that borders Burkina Faso and Niger.<\/p>\n<p>Among others, Kagame and his Beninese counterpart, agreed that a joint permanent commission meeting would be held in Cotonou before the end of 2023.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-59614\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/mipo.jpg\" alt=\"President Paul Kaganme has received Romuald Wadagni, Benin\u2019s Minister of Economy and Finance.\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>[{{Related article: Rwanda and Benin join forces to address security threats}}->https:\/\/en.igihe.com\/news\/article\/rwanda-and-benin-join-forces-to-address-security-threats]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{President Paul Kaganme has received Romuald Wadagni, Benin\u2019s Minister of Economy and Finance and Special Envoy who delivered a message from his Beninese counterpart, Patrice Talon.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000059613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-48858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","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 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