President Andrzej Duda continues his visit to East Africa. After meetings in Kenya's capital, he went to Kigali for talks with Rwandan Republic president Paul Kagame. Duda besides participated in the Polish-Rwandian circular economical Table.
The main agenda for talks between heads of state was to strengthen economical relations between countries, the global effects of Russian aggression on Ukraine, defence cooperation and education. Andrzej Duda stressed during the gathering with media representatives that today's visit is peculiar due to the fact that it is the first authoritative visit of the Polish president to Rwanda in 62 years, i.e. since diplomatic relations with this country were established. The Polish leader thanked president Paul Kagame for intensifying Polish-Randish relations over fresh years. He added that "this is the beginning of the embassy in Warsaw, the acceptance of the first Polish entrepreneurs, meetings with the Minister of abroad Affairs of Rwanda Mr Vincent Birut in Poland".
What? president @AndrzejDuda in Kigali: We talked about safety issues in our regions.
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He informed that present there will be another gathering of Polish and Rwandan entrepreneurs who will discuss common relations, joint ventures and opportunities for business development. Andrzej Duda emphasized that Poles are a hardworking nation who understands the value of their work and knows that this can accomplish a lot. He pointed out that “independence and sovereignty are not given to us erstwhile and for all, for 200 years we have lost it, and not once.”
Today we realize what peaceful, systematic and peaceful improvement means, which is what we want. We want to build our prosperity, our prosperity from all wars, our conflicts. – emphasized the Polish leader.
The president reported that papers on cooperation in the field of environment and fresh technologies were signed today. The talks besides afraid future investments. Andrzej Duda pointed out that many Polish companies are present in the Rwandan market. He stressed that the most promising cooperation markets were: energy, urban infrastructure, agriculture, machinery, food manufacture equipment, construction, management, including crisis management, water resources and cybersecurity.
Today I will have the chance to visit a joint Polish-Randish investment, which is Huta Cyna, which has been restructured by common forces, and present is co-led by a Polish company. This is simply a model example of good cooperation - Andrew Duda.
What? Modern Poland, frequently referred to as Europe's growth engine, can boast a highly diversified marketplace and high-income economy. In 2023 we ranked 21st among the world's largest economies according to the economical Complexity Index.
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Participation of Andrzej Duda in the “Polish-Rwandy circular economical Table”
During the “Polish-Rwandy circular economical Table”, Andrzej Duda stated that the African country enjoyed the increasing interest of our entrepreneurs, taking into account the stableness and large possible of the local market. The head of state pointed out that Rwanda is becoming an increasingly attractive economical partner for Poland. Among the peculiarly promising sectors of cooperation, he mentioned: technologies supporting agricultural efficiency, information and communication technologies, drones and cybersecurity. The president estimated that Rwanda offers so much stability, security, advanced quality management, excellent investment conditions, and besides abundance of natural resources and many busy, ambitious people.
I would like to emphasise that the Polish technological and technological offer for Rwanda is based on the rule of partnership – emphasised Andrzej Duda, adding that he assumes projects in cooperation with local communities and utilizing local resources - Andrzej Duda.
He pointed out that this was the case with Huta Cyna in Kigala – the largest Polish and at the same time EU investment in Rwanda. Andrzej Duda pointed out the unprecedented improvement of bilateral relations between Poland and Rwanda. As he pointed out, the decision to open the Rwandan Embassy in Warsaw and to appoint a very committed Ambassador to Poland – a postgraduate of the Polish university – were crucial for the intensification of bilateral relations, and today's Polish-Randish circular economical table is an crucial component of our economical dialogue.
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