In a state visit to Kigali, the President of the Republic, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, marked this Saturday a new stage in the relations between Senegal and Rwanda. Following a face-to-face meeting followed by a working session extended to the official delegations, five (5) cooperation agreements were signed. These agreements cover visa exemption for holders of diplomatic, service and ordinary passports, facilitating free movement between Dakar and Kigali, cooperation in the planning and monitoring of development programmes, the sharing of expertise and good practice in public administration, partnership in the field of agriculture, aimed at improving the quality of life and the protection of the environment, and cooperation in the field of human rights. strengthening food security and agricultural innovation, cooperation in the field of health, with an emphasis on prevention policies and the strengthening of health systems, and collaboration in correctional services and penitentiary matters, for the exchange of experience in prison reform. I’m not sure. In the run-up to this meeting, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye had visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial, paying tribute to the victims of the genocide against the Tutsi, “a strong gesture of African memory and fraternity. ”
Bassirou Diomaye Faye on state visit to Rwanda: five new cooperation agreements signed
