Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro has said he has learnt a lot and intends to lean more from Rwanda’s experience in growth and looks forward towards strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries.
Prime Minister Soro who has been in the country for Post-Conflict Peace Building meeting, held discussions with several high profiled government officials and visited different institution to learn more about Rwanda’s experience in all aspects of development.
“We have agreed to scale up our bilateral cooperation and our ministers of foreign affairs, and defence will meet soon to work on details of our cooperation,” Soro who is also Defense Minister said before departure.
Louise Mushikiwabo the Rwanda’s minister of foreign affairs said Rwanda has had good bilateral relationship with Ivory Coast.
Prime Minister Soro extended his stay in Rwanda after the post-conflict peace building meeting to pick lessons that would contribute towards his country’s reconstruction process.
Earlier on, the Ivorian Prime Minister paid a courtesy call on President Paul Kagame at Village Urugwiro and discussed ways of strengthening better relationships between both countries.
Additionally Soro also held talks with his counterpart Gen. James Kabarebe and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Louise Mushikiwabo.
“Today I met my colleague, the Minister of Defence, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and we shared experiences between our countries. Our countries have gone through similar circumstances, though we cannot compare the 3,000 people who died in Ivory Coast to one million that died in Rwanda.”
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