key agreements as the two countries continue

to cement their relations.

Pacts signed include the Extradition

Treaty, Memorandum of Understanding

on Immigration Cooperation and another

memorandum on Cooperation when

investigating civil aircrafts accidents and

serious incidents.

During the signing of the agreements,

Rwanda was represented by the Minister

of Foreign Affairs and International

Cooperation, Vincent Biruta, who is in

Zimbabwe.

While Zimbabwe’s Home Affairs,

Minister Kazembe Kazembe, represented

during the signing of the Extradition Treaty

and the Memorandum of Understanding on

Immigration Cooperation.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and

International Trade, Fredrick Shava, signed

the MoU on Cooperation for investigating

civil aircraft accidents and serious incidents.

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson

Mnangagwa witnessed the signing of the

agreements at State House on 29 July 2022.

After the signing ceremony, Biruta said

Rwanda’s partnership with Zimbabwe is

mainly to deal with trade and investment

between the two countries.

“There are many sectors; I talked about

trade and investment, which is a huge area

which comprises agriculture, energy and

many other sectors,” Biruta said.

“We have MoUs in place so we just need

to implement them and start working.”

Both countries held reciprocal trade and

investment conferences aimed at identifying

and exploiting opportunism presented by

each of the two countries.

The Rwanda and Zimbabwe Trade and

Investment Conference held in September

last year in Kigali was officially opened by

President Paul Kagame which Zimbabwe’s

President Mnangagwa officiated at the return

leg in Harare in March this year.

“Zimbabwe and Rwanda enjoy an

excellent relationship and we have many

other MoUs, 19 of them,” Biruta said.

“Some have started being implemented

and these ones need also to be implemented

and we need to come up with action plans

between both governments to implement

the MoUs and the agreements that we have

signed.”

“All these MoUs, the agreements that

we are signing are just a framework to be

able to work on various issues. We signed

an extradition treaty and this is a very

important instrument to be able to deal with

criminals who could be here or in Rwanda

who committed crimes here,” Biruta added.