New envoys to increase economic ties with Rwanda

Seven new envoys have pledged to augment bilateral ties between Rwanda and their countries, specifically in economic and infrastructure development.The envoys were addressing the media, yesterday, shortly after presenting credentials to President Paul Kagame at Village Urugwiro.Ambassadors from within the contrinent, Andrew Gbebay Bangali of Sierra Leone and Mohamed Idris Farah of Djibouti, joined their counterparts from Europe, Oceania and Asia. They included the Head of European Commission Delegation to Rwanda, Amb. Michael Ryan; Ayse Sedef Yavuzalp of Turkey, James Loudon Kember of New Zealand, Michal Mlynar of the Slovak Republic, and Ismail Salam of Malaysia.“We have a good relationship with Rwanda. We want to improve this relationship through partnerships in economic and infrastructural development. Rwanda’s social, political and economic transformation over the last couple of years has been remarkable and we want to be part of that journey,” Amb. Yavuzalp of Turkey said.Scholarship to MalaysiaHer remarks were echoed by the designate representative of the European Union (EU), Michael Ryan, who pointed out that: “In two decades Rwanda and the European Union have had positive partnerships through budget support, rural development and infrastructure. EU is ready to look into more areas for funding in order to contribute to Rwanda’s speedy development.”The Malaysian Ambassador, Ismail Salam reiterated his country’s desire to promote ICT skills in Rwanda by providing education scholarships for Rwandans to attend Malaysia’s top universities.The ambassadors commended what they described as model of transformation on the continent and expressed their desire to learn from Rwanda’s policies with particular focus on those that are succeeding in eradicating poverty.

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New envoys to increase economic ties with Rwanda