The president of the Republic of Rwanda Paul Kagame has received General Carter F. Ham, AFRICOM Commander in his office at Village Urugwiro.
This is in connection with AFRICOM the U.S established state partnership program with Rwanda that was established in 2009 and aimed at providing support to the Rwanda Defense Forces (RDF).
General Ham’s visit is aimed at holding discussions with Rwanda military officials on how to further strengthen the existing partnership.
General Ham said during the visit that the U.S troops have good relationship with Rwanda troops because they provide through trainings for capacity building focusing on sustainable security.
Ham is a United States Army general, who serves as the second and current Commander, U.S. Africa Command. In that position, he has been in command of the initial 2011 military intervention in Libya.
He served as an enlisted Infantryman in the 82nd Airborne Division before attending John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio. He was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant through the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (Army ROTC) in the Infantry as a Distinguished Military Graduate in 1976.
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