Presidency | Rwanda

President Kagame also received a delegation from @RioTinto, led by Mark Davies, Chief Technical Officer and member of the Group Executive Committee. The meeting focused on updates regarding the Rwanda–Rio Tinto joint venture and ongoing areas of collaboration.

This afternoon at Urugwiro Village, President Kagame met with Dr. Jim Kim, Chancellor of the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE), Prof. Phil Cotton, UGHE Vice-Chancellor, and Dr. Joe Rhatigan, Chair of the UGHE Board. They discussed ongoing partnerships between the…

This afternoon at Urugwiro Village, President Kagame is chairing a cabinet meeting.

This afternoon at Urugwiro Village, President Kagame received former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, one of the EAC-SADC Facilitators for the Eastern DRC peace process. Their discussions focused on the ongoing efforts to achieve durable peace in Eastern DRC and address the root…

This afternoon at Urugwiro Village, President Kagame joined the @UNBBCom to mark 15 years of driving the universal broadband connectivity agenda. President Kagame co-chairs the Commission alongside Carlos Slim. The session was led by @ITU Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin.

“Remember this whole journey, remember your responsibilities, individually and collectively, and do yourselves and your nation proud.” President Kagame | #Kwibohora31 Reception.

“You cannot claim to be alive, to have dignity, and yet take the lives of others like you. Today reminds us of our responsibility: what happened in our history should never have happened - and must never happen again. Even that once was too many. And those born today, as they…

“We reached an agreement in Washington, D.C. but implementation doesn’t happen in Washington. It’s up to those who signed the agreement to follow through. History shows that people don’t always do what they commit to. If the FDLR is not dealt with as agreed, the problem remains…

“Our struggle as a country has always been guided by values. The rules we follow and the choices we make are grounded in those values - ones that unite us and ensure no one is left behind because of their background. We also believe in aiming high. If we are human beings like…

“Ordinarily, how do all of you, me and others, how do people want to account for people's personal health? Is there an exception, by the way, in this world? Well, first of all, there is nobody who lives forever. Secondly, even for anybody's life, whether short or long, you have…

“The Trump administration kept looking at a combination of three matters that needed to be addressed. The political, the security, and the economic while in some other people's minds it was just economic. You want a deal, you want money, you want minerals, please take it and…

“At the beginning, when I described these 31 years as a tough but meaningful journey, I meant that the difficult part was something we confronted head-on. It was so immense that anyone who wasn’t fully committed would have collapsed under its weight. Fortunately, we had many…

“For Rwanda, the progress we have made speaks for itself: building the unity of purpose, the strength to preserve ourselves and live. This Rwanda cannot live on the whims of others. No, it happened once, it will never happen again. It’s an act of survival. We don’t owe our…

“These (Group of Experts) reports were written long ago. They just come to make sure that everything conforms to that. That is why we always find that it is all others who are guilty in this situation except the actual perpetrators. You will never find they write anything…