According to official sources in Rwanda’s Foreign affairs ministry, during his stay in Rwanda, Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman held bilateral discussions with his Rwandan counterpart Richard Sezibera.
The Qatari Vice prime minister will also lay a wreath at the Kigali Genocide Memorial which is located in Gisozi, in honour of more than 250,000 victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
The visit by Qatari Prince comes after Rwandan President Paul Kagame paid a two-day official visit to Qatar in November 2018 where he held bilateral talks on the first day with His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar.
One of the highlights of the meeting between the two Heads of State in 2018 was the signing of bilateral agreements focused on accelerating economic cooperation between the two nations.
The agreements included the areas of air services, reciprocal promotion and protection of investments, and a memorandum of understanding on economic, commercial, and technical cooperation.
Qatar and Rwanda already share economic ties through civil aviation, with Qatar Airways, the Gulf State’s flag carrier, operating direct flights to Rwanda since 2012.
It is expected that the agreement on air services, will also enable the Rwanda flag carrier RwandAir to operate commercial flights to Qatar, a senior Rwandan government official confirmed to APA in
Kigali