{"id":57187,"date":"2026-02-14T10:16:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/president-kagame-congratulates-mia-amor-mottley-on-third-term-as-barbados-prime\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T09:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T07:39:43","slug":"president-kagame-congratulates-mia-amor-mottley-on-third-term-as-barbados-prime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/president-kagame-congratulates-mia-amor-mottley-on-third-term-as-barbados-prime\/","title":{"rendered":"President Kagame congratulates Mia Amor Mottley on third term as Barbados Prime Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a message posted on X on February 13, 2026, President Kagame praised Mottley\u2019s renewed mandate, writing, \u201cWarm congratulations to my sister, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, on her well-deserved re-election.\u201d<\/p>\n

He emphasized that Rwanda values the strong friendship between the two countries, grounded in shared principles of self-determination, resilience, and commitment to delivering prosperity and dignity for our people. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe look forward to further deepening our cooperation in the years ahead.I wish you and the people of Barbados continued success and progress,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n

Mottley secured a decisive victory after her Barbados Labour Party won all 30 seats in the parliamentary general elections. She defeated Ralph Thorne of the opposition Democratic Labor Party.<\/p>\n

Addressing citizens after her victory, Mottley said her administration was committed to transforming the country, pledging continued progress in healthcare, public security, and transport.<\/p>\n

Barbados, a Caribbean island nation covering 439 square kilometres, is known for its advanced tourism sector and its ability to attract foreign investment.<\/p>\n

Rwanda and Barbados maintain strong bilateral relations. The two countries have signed cooperation agreements in several sectors, including aviation, paving the way for RwandAir to operate flights to Barbados.<\/p>\n

In November 2022, Prime Minister Mottley inaugurated Barbados\u2019 diplomatic mission in Rwanda during an official visit that followed President Kagame\u2019s trip to Barbados earlier that year. <\/p>\n

In February 2025, President Kagame held talks with Prime Minister Mottley and Daniel Chapo in Addis Ababa during the 38th Ordinary Session of Heads of State and Government of the African Union.<\/p>\n

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President Paul Kagame has congratulated Mia Amor Mottley on her re-election for a third term as Prime Minister of Barbados, reaffirming the strong ties between the two countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000102130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-57187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homehighlights","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":2000102130,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mata_2022-5db3b.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mata_2022-5db3b.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mata_2022-5db3b.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mata_2022-5db3b.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mata_2022-5db3b.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mata_2022-5db3b.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57187","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=57187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000102181,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57187\/revisions\/2000102181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000102130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57187"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=57187"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=57187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}