{"id":56126,"date":"2025-10-31T15:27:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T15:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/amb-dushimimana-presents-credentials-to-represent-rwanda-in-latvia\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T15:27:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T15:27:55","slug":"amb-dushimimana-presents-credentials-to-represent-rwanda-in-latvia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/amb-dushimimana-presents-credentials-to-represent-rwanda-in-latvia\/","title":{"rendered":"Amb. Dushimimana presents credentials to represent Rwanda in Latvia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the presentation of credentials, President Rink\u0113vi\u010ds and Amb. Dushimimana held talks on strengthening bilateral and multilateral cooperation, notably in the areas of trade and investment.<\/p>\n<p>Amb. Dushimimana also oversees Rwanda&#8217;s interests in the Netherlands. The diplomatic relations between Rwanda and Latvia officially began in 2007. Rwanda appointed its ambassador to Latvia in January 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Latvia is one of the smaller countries in Europe, covering an area of 64,589 square kilometers. Its capital city is Riga, founded in 1201. <\/p>\n<p>The country has a population of less than two million people. Over 50% of Latvia\u2019s land area is covered by forests, which explains its strong timber industry and overall wealth in wood-related trade.<\/p>\n<p>Latvia gained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. The official and most widely spoken language is Latvian, one of the oldest languages in Europe.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-97038\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/dush-d42c5.jpg\" alt=\"Ambassador Lambert Dushimimana has presented his letters of credence to Latvian President Edgars Rink\u0113vi\u010ds, to oversee Rwanda&#039;s interests in the country.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-97035\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/dush222-768b2.jpg\" alt=\"The ceremony took place on October 30, 2025. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-97036\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/dush11-934e8.jpg\" alt=\"Apart from Latvia, Amb. Dushimimana also oversees Rwanda&#039;s interests in the Netherlands. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-97037\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/dush333-60f04.jpg\" alt=\"President Rink\u0113vi\u010ds and Amb. Dushimimana held talks on strengthening bilateral and multilateral cooperation, notably in the areas of trade and investment.\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>karirima@igihe.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ambassador Lambert Dushimimana presented his letters of credence to Latvian President Edgars Rink\u0113vi\u010ds, on October 30, 2025, to represent Rwanda in the country.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000097034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[269],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-56126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-karirima-aimable-ngarambe"],"bylines":[{"id":269,"name":"Karirima Aimable Ngarambe","slug":"karirima-aimable-ngarambe","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":269,"name":"Karirima Aimable Ngarambe","slug":"karirima-aimable-ngarambe","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}],"featured_image":{"id":2000097034,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/dush-d42c5.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/dush-d42c5.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/dush-d42c5.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/dush-d42c5.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/dush-d42c5.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/dush-d42c5.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56126","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=56126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000097034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56126"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=56126"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=56126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}