{"id":15170,"date":"2022-04-15T13:50:09","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T13:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation"},"modified":"2022-04-15T14:32:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T14:32:05","slug":"president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation","title":{"rendered":"President Kagame addresses Jamaican parliament, roots for direct cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>President Paul Kagame has set the tone for the need to improve direct cooperation between Rwanda and Jamaica based on historical ties.<\/p>\n

He was addressing a joint session of the Jamaican parliament on Thursday, April 14, as part of the agenda during his three-day visit in the country.<\/p>\n

The address also came as part of the occasion to celebrate the launch of Jamaica60 in honour of their 60th Independence anniversary due on August 6, this year.<\/p>\n

Independence is a date in history but it is also a mindset, said Kagame, adding that the power of an anniversary comes from the opportunity to remind a new generation of the struggles that came before.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the struggle of independence to the subsequent challenges of nation building, the Pan-African idea has served as a guide of how things should be, even if we do not always live up to it in practice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He added that it is more important to uphold the spirit of self-reliance to sustain and deepen what has been accomplished in the time since. \u201cWhatever we have managed to do for ourselves as a people, we can always do more and better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pointing at different multilateral bodies that both countries belong to, the President said that Africa and Caribbean do not have to relate to each other through intermediaries, even if there is no problem in it, but they could do it otherwise, \u2018directly\u2019.<\/p>\n

He said that both countries\u2019 diplomats often meet in New York, London or Geneva while young people tend to meet each other only at universities and similar places, something that can be improved.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is high time for Africa and the Caribbean to work together in a direct and sustained manner, both through our representative regional organizations, CARICOM, African Union and bilaterally.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first Africa-CARICOM summit last September was long overdue and must be built upon, he added.<\/p>\n

Besides that, the President said that there should be direct people-to-people exchanges particularly for the youth and entrepreneurs. \u201cIn Rwanda, we have already had several Jamaican professionals come to our country and make meaningful contributions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Head of State also highlighted key potential areas of cooperation and exchange, stating trade and investment, as well as national unity and citizen development.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s exchange with each other directly and thereby, honor the history that joins us and make it a potent force of practical cooperation in the modern world,\u201d he emphasized.<\/p>\n

Kagame further gave a warm welcome to Jamaican representatives in the upcoming CHOGM 2022 summit, stating that he hopes to see a strong representation from the Commonwealth Caribbean.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the newest member of the Commonwealth, Rwanda is proud to host the next Heads of Government Meeting in Kigali in June this year\u2026Africa and Caribbean should work together to advance common positions in these bodies where our interests align as they often do,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Rwanda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. President Paul Kagame has set the tone for the need to improve direct cooperation between Rwanda and Jamaica based on historical ties. He was addressing a joint session of the Jamaican parliament on Thursday, April 14, as part of the agenda during his three-day visit in the country. The address also came […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":15169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,14],"tags":[760,763,872,758],"class_list":["post-15170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","tag-kagame","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"\nPresident Kagame addresses Jamaican parliament, roots for direct cooperation - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Paul Kagame has set the tone for the need to improve direct cooperation between Rwanda and Jamaica based on hi ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"President Kagame addresses Jamaican parliament, roots for direct cooperation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Paul Kagame has set the tone for the need to improve direct cooperation between Rwanda and Jamaica based on hi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-15T13:50:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-15T14:32:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/04\/postQueueImg_29-625981c88e86c.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"847\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"491\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"President Kagame addresses Jamaican parliament, roots for direct cooperation\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-15T13:50:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-15T14:32:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation\"},\"wordCount\":497,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/04\/postQueueImg_29-625981c88e86c.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Rwanda\",\"Kagame\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation\",\"name\":\"President Kagame addresses Jamaican parliament, roots for direct cooperation - Rwanda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/04\/postQueueImg_29-625981c88e86c.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-15T13:50:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-15T14:32:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"President Paul Kagame has set the tone for the need to improve direct cooperation between Rwanda and Jamaica based on hi ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/04\/postQueueImg_29-625981c88e86c.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/04\/postQueueImg_29-625981c88e86c.jpg\",\"width\":847,\"height\":491,\"caption\":\"President Kagame addresses Jamaican parliament, roots for direct cooperation\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"President Kagame addresses Jamaican parliament, roots for direct cooperation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/\",\"name\":\"Rwanda\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"President Kagame addresses Jamaican parliament, roots for direct cooperation - Rwanda","description":"President Paul Kagame has set the tone for the need to improve direct cooperation between Rwanda and Jamaica based on hi ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"President Kagame addresses Jamaican parliament, roots for direct cooperation","og_description":"President Paul Kagame has set the tone for the need to improve direct cooperation between Rwanda and Jamaica based on hi ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation","og_site_name":"Rwanda","article_published_time":"2022-04-15T13:50:09+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-04-15T14:32:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":847,"height":491,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/04\/postQueueImg_29-625981c88e86c.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"President Kagame addresses Jamaican parliament, roots for direct cooperation","datePublished":"2022-04-15T13:50:09+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-15T14:32:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation"},"wordCount":497,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/04\/postQueueImg_29-625981c88e86c.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Rwanda","Kagame","Rwanda"],"articleSection":["all news","head lines","homepage-english","Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation","name":"President Kagame addresses Jamaican parliament, roots for direct cooperation - Rwanda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/04\/postQueueImg_29-625981c88e86c.jpg","datePublished":"2022-04-15T13:50:09+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-15T14:32:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"President Paul Kagame has set the tone for the need to improve direct cooperation between Rwanda and Jamaica based on hi ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/04\/postQueueImg_29-625981c88e86c.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/04\/postQueueImg_29-625981c88e86c.jpg","width":847,"height":491,"caption":"President Kagame addresses Jamaican parliament, roots for direct cooperation"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/president-kagame-addresses-jamaican-parliament-roots-for-direct-cooperation#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"President Kagame addresses Jamaican parliament, roots for direct cooperation"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/","name":"Rwanda","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}