APA – Kigali (Rwanda) – The head of Guinea’s ruling junta, Gen. Mamady Doumbouya, is expected in Rwanda Thursday on a working visit, state media reported in Kigali.
Colonel Doumbouya, 43, has ruled Guinea since overthrowing the country’s first democratically elected president, Alpha Conde, in September 2021.
Guinea’s Presidency announced on Wednesday that Doumbouya, who was promoted to the rank of General this week according to reports, will be in Rwanda to reciprocate a visit by President Paul Kagame last year in April, during which the two leaders agreed to strengthen bilateral and diplomatic ties.
During President Kagame’s visit, the two countries agreed to work together to address challenges they face and rely on each other’s attributes to advance socioeconomic development, with the Head of State stating that Rwanda and Guinea share a lot in common.
President Kagame said the two countries can share knowledge and expertise, since each country cannot find all the resources it needs to do what it has to do.
Mamadi Doumbouya and Paul Kagame also presided over the signing of a legal document focusing on two memoranda of understanding. The first concerns the creation of the Great Joint Commission for Cooperation between Conakry and Kigali.
The second covers post and telecommunications, information technology and communications, the digitalisation of the state and digitalisation in general.
The two parties agreed to review the existing agreements between the two countries and to schedule the inaugural meeting as soon as possible.
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