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Rwanda’s President Kagame Begins Two-Day Official Visit to Botswana
President Paul Kagame arrived in Gaborone, Botswana on May 6, 2026 for a two-day state visit. He was received by President Duma Boko at Sir Seretse Khama International Airport. The visit includes bilateral talks and the signing of multiple agreements.
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President Paul Kagame arrived in Gaborone, Botswana on May 6, 2026 for a two-day state visit, AllAfrica reported. He was received by President Duma Boko at Sir Seretse Khama International Airport. On Wednesday afternoon the two heads of state will hold a tête-à-tête meeting followed by bilateral talks between their delegations.
The presidents will address a joint press conference later that day. Discussions will culminate in the signing of bilateral agreements and memorandums of understanding. These include a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement, a Memorandum of Agreement on Visa Abolition for holders of Diplomatic, Official, and National Passports, and a Bilateral Air Services Agreement.
Additional documents to be signed cover an MoU in the field of Health, an MoU on Economic, Trade and Investment, and an MoU between the Botswana Investment and Trade Centre and the Rwanda Development Board. President Kagame will attend a state banquet hosted in his honour by President Duma Boko on the evening of May 6, 2026. On the second day he will tour the Botswana Diamond Trading Company.
Kagame's state visit was preceded by the Second Joint Permanent Commission on Cooperation and the Second Rwanda-Botswana Business Forum. Rwanda and Botswana cooperate in diplomacy, mineral resources, defence and security, police cooperation, investment promotion, and agriculture.
