The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region, Berhanu Dinka, on Friday held talks with Rwanda’s Foreign Minister Andre Bumaya in Kigali on recent developments in the region, a statement from Ambassador Dinka’s office said. The two also discussed the current situation in Rwanda. The UN envoy assured Bumaya that UN agencies present in the country wished to support the government in its various development, governance and national reconciliation efforts. “I was very happy to have been able to exchange views with the foreign minister while I was in Kigali,” Dinka said. “The UN looks forward to a new era in its relationship with Rwanda,” he said. The envoy had travelled to Kigali to participate in a conference on ‘Women as Partners for Peace’.
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