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Kagame meets with Russian Foreign Affairs Minister in Kigali

President Paul Kagame received Sergey Lavrov on Sunday, 3rd June 2018./ Photo: Village Urugwiro

President Paul Kagame has on Sunday 3rd June 2018, met with Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov who is in Kigali for the official Visit.

At his arrival in Rwanda, the Russian Minister was received by the Rwanda’s Foreign Affairs Minister Louise Mushikiwabo.

Also at the beginning of his trip in Rwanda, Minister Sergey Lavrov visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre to pay tribute to over one million Tutsis Killed in 1994 Genocide against Tutsis.

Lavrov come in Rwanda one day after the Russia’s Envoy in Kigali Karen Chalyan presented credentials to President Paul Kagame in State House.

Ambassador Chalyan said that Rwanda and Russia want to further develop the existing cordial relations especially in areas of education, defence, and political affairs among others.

“I have a very clear mandate to be as active as I can possibly be,” he said.

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