{{Rwanda has established diplomatic relations with the former Yugoslav republic of Montenegro which got independence in 2006.}}
Eugène-Richard Gasana, Rwanda’s State Minister in Charge of Cooperation, and Permanent Representative to the UN, and Montenegro’s UN envoy Milorad Šepanovi, will sign a “Joint Communiqué” on the establishment of Diplomatic Relations.
Gasana and his counterpart Milorad will meet in New York today.
According to a statement from Rwanda’s UN office, “the relations have been put in place between the two countries in order to strengthen relations, mutual understanding, friendship and cooperation between the two countries,”
“Rwanda and Montenegro are convinced that the establishment of diplomatic relations between them corresponds to the interest of the two States and will contribute to the development of bilateral cooperation and the consolidation of peace in the world,”the statement added.
Rwanda has over the past few years been expanding its diplomatic wings, to far flung places including former soviet break away states.
Montenegro, which broke away from Serbia in 2006, is the latest.
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