Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe received High Commissioner-Designate of Ghana Ernest Yaw Amporful(left)
Minister of Foreign Affairs Olivier Nduhungirehe received copies of the letters of credence of Ernest Yaw Amporful, High Commissioner-Designate of Ghana to Rwanda, with residence in Kigali.
Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe congratulated the newly appointed High Commissioner and commended the continued growing bilateral relations between the two countries.
Rwanda-Ghana cooperation dates back to several decades. In 1994, the Ghanaian contingent under the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) was among the few that stayed in Rwanda to contribute to protecting civilians who were being targeted by the Genocide against the Tutsi inspite of UN orders to evacuate. Since then, Rwanda and Ghana have enhanced their relations and cooperated on several fronts.
In 2020, Rwanda established a resident High Commission in Ghana. The chancery of the High Commission is situated in the cosmopolitan city of Accra.
In 2021, the High Commission in Ghana was accredited as a non-resident representation for Rwanda in the Republics of Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Togo, to further strengthen existing good relations that Rwanda enjoys with these countries in the sub-region. (End)