Rwanda set to open consular office in Israel
The East African - 7 minutes ago
By Edmund Kagire The EastAfrican
Posted Saturday, June 14 2014 at 15:11

Israeli Minister for Foreign Affairs Avigdor Liberman and his Rwanda
counterpart Louise Mushikiwabo exchange MoU documents on a Business
and Investment pact between their countries in Kigali. Photo/Daniel
Sabiiti
IN SUMMARY
Israel says it views Rwanda as a "strategic partner" given their shared history.
The two countries signed a memorandum of understanding to affirm the
commitments made to each other. These included defence, agriculture,
ICT, education, energy and health partnerships, which will see the two
countries share expertise.
In the 2014/15 financial year, Kigali will open an embassy in Tel Aviv
as part of its foreign policy priorities.
During an official visit last week, Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister
Avigdor Lieberman said Israel and Rwanda share a lot in common,
considering that both countries have suffered mass massacres in the
Genocide against the Tutsi and the Holocaust.
Mr Lieberman, who is on a 10-day African tour covering Ivory Coast,
Ghana, Ethiopia and Kenya, said his country views Rwanda as a
"strategic partner" given their shared history.
"We have a very similar destiny and we are natural allies. Rwanda
suffered for many years through the civil war and genocide, and for
the Jewish people it is much easier to understand your history than
any other country," Mr Lieberman said.
"Our political relations are stable and good. I came with a delegation
of business people and government officials and we are looking to
increasing our economic relations," he added.
Key members of the delegation included ICT and defence experts,
agricultural specialists and engineers.
After a business meeting, the two sides signed a memorandum of
understanding to affirm the commitments made to each other. These
included defence, agriculture, ICT, education, energy and health
partnerships, which will see the two countries share expertise.
The delegation also included Israeli security companies that met
privately with Ministry of Defence officials and heads of the army and
police.
According to sources, at the closed-door meeting, Israeli companies
showcased sophisticated security technologies that they could supply
to the Rwandan army and police.
In recent years, the Rwanda National Police has upgraded from the AK47
to modern Israeli-made assault rifles.
Rwanda's Minister of Foreign Affairs Louise Mushikiwabo said the ties
between Kigali and Israel are getting stronger.
"Our bilateral ties will go beyond just talks. We have been working
together, and we plan to take this relationship further by
co-operating in different sectors of the economy. We had a delegation
of businessmen and investors from Israel coming to Rwanda to explore
opportunities.
"Soon we will open our embassy in Israel to further the implementation
of these commitments," Ms Mushikiwabo said.
During his visit, Mr Lieberman officiated at the opening of the Centre
for Excellence in Agriculture in Kigali, which was funded by his
government through the Rwandan Ministry of Agriculture.
Several Israeli investors in the 80-person delegation explored
opportunities in irrigation technology and agro-mechanisation, clean
energy technology, mining, waste treatment and water infrastructure
equipment.
Controversy
But relations between Rwanda and Israel have not been without
controversy. On April 4, 2014, the Jerusalem Post, one of Israel's
leading English dailies, reported that the Middle Eastern country
would relocate illegal immigrants to Rwanda and Uganda.
Both Rwanda and Uganda denied the allegations that a
multimillion-dollar deal was reached to host the illegal immigrants.
Ms Mushikiwabo denied knowledge of the deal.
"I am not familiar with that report as foreign minister, but whatever
we do with Israel or any other country cannot be illegal. When
countries agree to work together and take a decision, it's a sovereign
decision on either side," she said.
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