“As part of the strengthening of bilateral relations between Côte d’Ivoire and Rwanda, President Paul Kagame will pay an official visit to Côte d’Ivoire on 19 and 20 December 2018,” said Sidi Touré, spokesman for the Ivorian Government.
President Kagame’s visit takes place eight months after that of Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara in Rwanda. In April 2018, Alassane Ouattara made a visit to Rwanda. At the end of this visit, the decision was decided by the two personalities, for an official visit of the Rwandan President to Abidjan.
Welcomed at FHB Airport today, the two personalities had a tête-à-tête at the end of which several cooperation agreements were signed.
The agenda of President Kagame, who is also the current President of the African Union (AU), is very busy. After a dinner in his honor, as well as his delegation at the Palace of the Presidency, he will be given the keys of the city of Abidjan and the parchment of the honorary citizen by the Governor Robert Beugré Mambé in the District of Abidjan. He will also have a working session with the Ivorian employers to establish business relations between companies from both countries.
First Lady Jeannette Kagame, will visit the mother-child hospital in Bingerville this Thursday with the first lady Dominique Ouattara. The First Ladies are strongly involved in social actions in their respective countries as well as on the continent.
It should be noted that the exchange between Côte d’Ivoire and Rwanda has so far been very low. But with this double visit, Ivorian-Rwandan cooperation will see a real boom. This is the vision of Presidents Ouattara and Kagame.
This will be the second arrival of President Kagame in Ivory Coast, under the mandate of Alassane Ouattara.
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