Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Olivier Nduhungirehe had a constructive phone call with his Algeria’s counterpart Ahmed Attaf, Minister of Foreign Affairs, National Community Abroad and African Affairs.
The two leaders discussed enhancing cooperation between Rwanda and Algeria, and the situation in the Great Lakes region.
Since 1982, Rwanda and Algeria signed numerous agreements in the areas of economy, citizens’ wellbeing, sharing of expertise among other cooperation agreements. Both countries agreed on scaling up efforts to promote health, trade, investment, security and education sectors.
Both countries have previously agreed on a host of concrete steps to perpetuate the momentum in their growing relation through the activation of bilateral cooperation mechanisms, particularly the Joint Commission for Economic Cooperation and the extension of cooperation to other fields, like energy and pharmaceuticals.
Diplomats from Rwanda and Algeria have also met to stress the need to strengthen bilateral coordination on the challenges of peace and security, which are of great importance to both countries. (End)