Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Amb. Olivier Nduhungirehe on 1st August received Joan Wiegman, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Rwanda for a courtesy call. "They discussed further strengthening bilateral ties and cooperation between the two countries," a tweet from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed. Cooperation and agreements between Rwanda and the Netherlands cover a range of areas such as trade, investment, development aid, education, and security. The Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda was established in the Kingdom of the Netherlands in The Hague on the 1st

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Amb. Olivier Nduhungirehe on 1st August received Joan Wiegman, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Rwanda for a courtesy call.

"They discussed further strengthening bilateral ties and cooperation between the two countries," a tweet from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed.

Cooperation and agreements between Rwanda and the Netherlands cover a range of areas such as trade, investment, development aid, education, and security.

The Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda was established in the Kingdom of the Netherlands in The Hague on the 1st of November 2006. Since then, the Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda has built relationships and partnerships in the Netherlands.

Following the 1994 Genocide perpetrated against the Tutsi, the Kingdom of the Netherlands was among the first countries and international organizations to respond positively by providing humanitarian aid through emergency and assistance programs in Rwanda in the sectors of Justice, Food Security, and Water Resource Management, Decentralization and Governance, the private sector, and NGOs.

The two countries have also engaged in bilateral trade, with the Netherlands being one of Rwanda's top trading partners in Europe. Dutch companies have invested in various sectors in Rwanda, creating jobs and promoting economic growth.

The Dutch brewery company BRALIRWA / Heineken, Dutch Rabobank in the Rwandan Banking sector, and KLM operate daily direct flights to Kigali.

DSM started in Rwanda in 2016 and UNILEVER acquired shares in a Tea Factory, to name but a few. Rwandan flowers company Bella Flowers cooperates with Dutch flower companies to sell Rwandan flowers to the international market.

Education and health are also areas of cooperation between the two countries, with the Netherlands providing scholarships for Rwandan students to study in Dutch universities and supporting healthcare programs in Rwanda.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Amb. Olivier Nduhungirehe received Joan Wiegman, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Rwanda for a courtesy call.

They discussed further strengthening bilateral ties and cooperation between the two countries.

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