{"id":57111,"date":"2026-02-07T10:44:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T10:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/president-kagame-bids-farewell-to-portuguese-ambassador\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T17:10:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T17:10:44","slug":"president-kagame-bids-farewell-to-portuguese-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/president-kagame-bids-farewell-to-portuguese-ambassador\/","title":{"rendered":"President Kagame bids farewell to Portuguese Ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to a statement from the President\u2019s Office, Kagame and Amb. Fragoso discussed the strong and productive bilateral relations between Rwanda and Portugal.<\/p>\n

Ambassador Fragoso began her assignment in Rwanda with residence in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia after presenting credentials to President Kagame on February 7, 2023. <\/p>\n

At the time, she highlighted numerous opportunities including potential for cooperation in the areas of economy, agriculture and education.<\/p>\n

Rwanda and Portugal established diplomatic relations on January 12, 1976. <\/p>\n

Portugal\u2019s first ambassador to Rwanda, Ant\u00f3nio Baptista Martins, was based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, and officially began his duties in Rwanda on January 25, 1977.<\/p>\n

Portugal has also been a significant investor in Rwanda. In 2017, it ranked first among foreign investors, accounting for 23.8% of registered foreign investment, totaling $398 million, followed by the United Kingdom with $203.1 million.<\/p>\n

Since 2023, Rwanda\u2019s Ambassador to France, Fran\u00e7ois Nkurikiyimfura, has been overseeing Rwanda\u2019s interests in Portugal.<\/p>\n

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President Paul Kagame on Friday met with the Portuguese Ambassador to Rwanda, Luisa Maria Machado da Palma Fragoso, as she ends her tour of duty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000101797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-57111","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":2000101797,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/hagu71lw8aao_xz-cff01.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/hagu71lw8aao_xz-cff01.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/hagu71lw8aao_xz-cff01.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/hagu71lw8aao_xz-cff01.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/hagu71lw8aao_xz-cff01.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/hagu71lw8aao_xz-cff01.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57111","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=57111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000101797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57111"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=57111"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=57111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}