{"id":51916,"date":"2024-11-15T15:52:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T15:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/israeli-deputy-ambassadors-in-africa-convene-in-kigali-for-key-diplomatic\/"},"modified":"2024-11-15T15:51:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T15:51:59","slug":"israeli-deputy-ambassadors-in-africa-convene-in-kigali-for-key-diplomatic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/israeli-deputy-ambassadors-in-africa-convene-in-kigali-for-key-diplomatic\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Deputy Ambassadors in Africa convene in Kigali for key diplomatic retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This conference is a significant step in strengthening diplomatic ties and expanding partnerships across the continent. This gathering and the choice of the venue in Africa underscores Israel\u2019s commitment to growing its relationship and partnership with the African continent<\/p>\n<p>During their retreat in Kigali, the delegation visited among other areas, the Kigali Genocide Memorial to honor the victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi. The head of this delegation, who also is the Deputy Director General of the Africa Division Amb. Sharon Bar-Li expressed Israel\u2019s solidarity with Rwanda that is built on shared history, longstanding friendship and partnership.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the relevance and importance of the event, Einat Weiss, the Israel Ambassador to Rwanda was pleased that this conference happened for its first time in Rwanda.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-77141 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/pic_4-50.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>She also noted that this was a huge step in strengthening the already existing diplomatic relations and friendship as the group had the opportunity to meet the Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Gen. (Rtd.) James Kabarebe.<\/p>\n<p>Israel has long been a partner to African nations, with decades of cooperation in areas like Agriculture, healthcare, ICT and innovation among others and this marks another chapter in the ongoing efforts to build a robust, multifaceted partnership that benefits both Israel and Africa.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-77140 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/pic_3-63.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-77142 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/pic_1-81.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-77143 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/pic_2-72.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, the Israel Embassy in Kigali hosted an important conference of Israel Deputy Ambassadors from across Africa, as they convened to deliberate on a range of strategic issues and opportunities for collaboration. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":2000077139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-51916","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 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":{"id":2000077139,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-79.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-79.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-79.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-79.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-79.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-79.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51916","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\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000077139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51916"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=51916"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=51916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}