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Rabat – Rwandan President Paul Kagami is expected to arrive in Morocco on October 12 to take part in the World Policy Conference in Marrakech, African Intelligence reported.
Marrakech will host the symposium on October 12-14, convening top-level decision-makers, academics, and international experts.
The French Institute of International Relations( IFRI) will organize the symposium in partnership with the Policy Center for the New South and Morocco’s Office Cherifien des Phosphates (OCP).
Kagame’s visit will be the first of its kind since June 2016 when he met with King Mohammed VI.
The monarch then visited Rwanda in October of the same year.
Kagame is among the African leaders who strongly welcomed Morocco’s return to the African Union in 2017.
Morocco and Rwanda decided to strengthen their diplomatic ties after the exchange of visits between King Mohammed VI and Kagame.
The two countries established diplomatic ties following the royal visit to Rwanda in 2016.
During the King’s visit, senior officials from Rabat and Kigali signed several bilateral agreements.
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In March 2019, both countries signed further 12 agreements during the first session of the High Joint Committee between the two countries.
The two countries reinforced their partnership through the signing of a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) in the poultry industry in Kigali, on October 2.
Mohamed Youssef Alaoui, President of Moroccan Poultry Inter-Professional Federation (FISA) and Andrew Buatre, President of Rwandan Poultry Industry Association (RPIA).
Rwandan Minister of Agriculture Gerardine Mukeshimana and Moroccan Ambassador to Rwanda Youssef Imani attendee the signing ceremony.
Maghreb Arab Press(MAP) reported that the singing of this memorandum “stems from the importance given by the two countries to bilateral cooperation in the field of agriculture, which witnessed a turning point since the launch of the agricultural partnership program between Morocco and Rwanda during the visit HM King Mohammed VI to Rwanda in 2016.”
