Rwanda-Egypt Cooperation Story

The Egyptian Embassy in Kigali was opened in 1976, and the Rwandan Embassy in Cairo re-opened in March 2015.

Egypt and Rwanda enjoy excellent and diversified relations in many political, economic, cultural, and developmental fields, sharing common interests in various regional and international issues, in addition to their membership in different regional organizations including COMESA, NEPAD INITIATIVE, the AFRICAN UNION, and the NILE BASIN INITIATIVE.

The Egyptian Rwandan Joint Commission was established in September 1989. The second round of this Joint Commission was held in Cairo from 7th to 10th of September 2009, presided over by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of both countries, and it witnessed the signing of ten documents of cooperation in different fields including economical and technical cooperation, Agriculture, Customs, Youth, Industrial Development, Petroleum and Mineral resources, Education, Health, Culture, Scientific and Technological Cooperation. ​

The recent developments attested excellent bilateral relations between the two countries materialized by the visit of H.E President Paul KAGAME to Egypt, in April 2019 and the state visit of H.E President ABDEL Fattah El - Sisi to Rwanda in August 2017.

In the framework of contributing to the wealth creation through the promotion of tourism, trade and investment between the two countries, the Embassy will continue to engage the growing number of members of the Egyptian business community willing to visit Rwanda in order to explore existing investment opportunities. 

 

 

 

Vision, Mission, and Mandate

Vision

Rwanda: One people, one Nation, a reliable investment destination

Mission

To implement the Rwandan Foreign Policy

Mandate

To contributing to the elaboration of Rwanda’s foreign policy by Promoting good relations based on respect, mutual interests and complementary between Rwanda and the three countries of the Embassy's jurisdiction; Strengthening the bilateral relations between Rwanda and Egypt and the other countries to which the Rwandan Embassy is accredited; Promoting and protecting the interests of Rwanda along with those of the Rwandans living in Egypt, Libya and Algeria, involving them in the country’s development; Mobilizing and attracting foreign investments into Rwanda and making arrangements for Rwandan products to access foreign markets; Conducting a follow-up of the implementation, the evaluation and updating of bilateral and multilateral agreements; Presenting a positive image of Rwanda in such a way as to correct the outside world’s wrong perception of the unity and history of the Rwandan people, this being a die-hard colonial legacy; Contributing to the creation of wealth through the promotion of regional integration and equitable world trade.