{"id":55988,"date":"2025-10-17T19:33:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T19:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/president-bassirou-diomaye-faye-of-senegal-begins-state-visit-to-rwanda\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T19:34:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T19:34:23","slug":"president-bassirou-diomaye-faye-of-senegal-begins-state-visit-to-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/president-bassirou-diomaye-faye-of-senegal-begins-state-visit-to-rwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"President Bassirou Diomaye Faye of Senegal begins state visit to Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Faye was received at Kigali International Airport by President Kagame, alongside senior government officials including cabinet ministers.<\/p>\n<p>During his visit, President Faye is expected to tour several key Rwandan institutions, including the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) and the Ministry of Sports, where he will hold discussions with their leadership teams on areas of mutual interest.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, October 18, President Kagame will host President Faye at Urugwiro Village, the Office of the President, for a private meeting followed by a press briefing. <\/p>\n<p>The two leaders are expected to sign new bilateral cooperation agreements, adding to existing ones in aviation and media collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda and Senegal have enjoyed strong diplomatic relations for many years. In 2011, Rwanda opened its embassy in Dakar, marking a turning point in their partnership and paving the way for expanded cooperation in trade, governance, and cultural exchange.<\/p>\n<p>This visit follows a series of reciprocal high-level engagements between the two nations.<br \/>\nPresident Kagame last visited Senegal in August 2025, reaffirming both countries\u2019 commitment to deepening their friendship and advancing Africa-led development initiatives.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-96309\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/basi.jpg\" alt=\"President Bassirou Diomaye Faye of Senegal has began three-day state visit to Rwanda\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Paul Kagame has welcomed his Senegalese counterpart, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who arrived in Rwanda for a three-day official visit aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation between the two countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000096310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-55988","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":2000096310,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/basi.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/basi.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/basi.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/basi.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/basi.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/basi.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55988","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=55988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000096310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55988"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=55988"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=55988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}