A cabinet meeting yesterday appointed  Dr Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamaliya, the Rector of Kigali Institute of Science and Technology,  Rwanda’s ambassador to Russia. The same meeting also named Lt. Gen. Caesar Kayizari Rwanda’s ambassador to Turkey, while Jean Pierre Karabaranga, former Permanent Secretary in Ministry of Culture and Sports was appointed as ambassador to the Netherlands.

Kayizari’s appointment makes him the  first ambassador of Rwanda to Turkey – a country which has seen growing bilateral relations with Rwanda in recent days. Karabaranga, replaces Ambassador Immaculee Uwanyirigira.