Kagame, Moi pledge to boost economic ties

President Paul Kagame ended a three-day visit to Kenya on Sunday, Rwandan radio reported. In comments broadcast by the radio, Kagame said he discussed bilateral cooperation - particularly economic ties - with his Kenyan counterpart Daniel arap Moi. In an interview with Kenyan television during his visit, Kagame said the “hiccups” in relations in the past had been cleared up. He said relations started warming up in 1998 when Kenya decided to hand over genocide suspects to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).

According to a Kenyan radio report, Kagame also challenged Kenyan businessmen to “exploit the high economic potential” of Rwanda by investing there. He said Rwanda needed outside partners to help in the reconstruction effort and believed Kenyan professionals could help develop the potential for tourism, agriculture, trade, industry and information technology. After an inspection tour of Mombasa port, he was quoted as saying Rwanda would increase the amount of cargo transiting through this port.