African leaders have a duty to provide a conducive environment that enables the young generation utilise their skills and reach their full potential.

Speaking in Guinea-Bissau where he arrived on Monday, April 17 for a one-day working visit, President Paul Kagame, who was conferred with the Amílcar Cabral Medal, the highest honour in Guinea-Bissau, said that human resource remains the most important one for both Rwanda and Guinea-Bissau as well as the rest of Africa.

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"Like the rest of Africa, the most important resource Rwanda and Guinea-Bissau possess is a young population. Our duty is to ensure stability that allows us to create enabling environments for our youth to utilise their skills, and reach their full potential,” Kagame said.

The Amílcar Cabral Medal is given to heads of state of countries that are close friends of Guinea-Bissau.

Kagame also held a tête-à-tête with his host, President Umaro Sissoco Embaló, before their delegations held bilateral talks and signed a Memorandum of Understanding on mutual visa requirement exemption.

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Kagame also visited the Mausoleum of National Heroes of Guinea-Bissau dedicated to Amílcar Lopes da Costa Cabral, Bissau-Guinean and Cape Verdean Pan-Africanist, who was one of Africa&039;s foremost anti-colonial leaders, and João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira, who was President of Guinea-Bissau from 1980-1999 and from 2005-2009.

Rwanda and Guinea-Bissau boast ties in trade, education, tourism and aviation.

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Later on Monday, the Rwandan President flew to Guinea-Conakry for the third leg of his West African tour. On arrval, he was received at the airport by Col Mamadi Doumbouya, Guinea-Conakry&039;s transitional president, and the two leaders were expected to explore opportunities for bilateral cooperation in various areas of common interest.