Vietnamese Ambassador presents credentials to Rwandan President
Vietnamese Ambassador to Tanzania and Rwanda Nguyen Kim Doanh presented credentials to Rwandan President Paul Kagame at a ceremony in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, on February 22.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Tanzania and Rwanda Nguyen Kim Doanh (L) and Rwandan President Paul Kagame (Photo: VNA)
Pretoria (VNA) – Vietnamese Ambassador to Tanzania and RwandaNguyen Kim Doanh presented credentials to Rwandan President Paul Kagame at aceremony in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, on February 22.
At a meeting with the Vietnamese diplomat following the presentation, RwandanPresident Paul Kagame welcomed Ambassador Doanh to take the position, andthanked Vietnam for supporting his country’s candidacy as the General Secretaryof the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) for the 2018-2020tenure.
He hoped the cooperative relations with Vietnam will be promoted in varioussectors in the coming time, saying that he will visit Vietnam in a proper timeat the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam andPresident Nguyen Phu Trong.
On the occasion, the Rwandan President asked the ambassador to convey hisinvitation to visit Rwanda to President Nguyen Phu Trong.
Ambassador Doanh, for his part, delivered the Vietnamese Government’scongratulations to the Rwandan Government on its successful tenure as Presidentof the African Union (AU) in 2018 as well as its election to the post of theOIF General Secretary for 2018-2020.
Doanh wished that the Rwanda Government and people will create favourableconditions for him to fulfill his entrusted mission, contributing to developingall-round cooperation between the two nations.
Earlier on February 21, Ambassador Doanh had a working session with RwandanForeign Minister Richard Sezibera, discussing measures to bolster collaborationbetween the two foreign ministers and two countries.
The ambassador took the occasion to ask Rwanda to back Vietnam’s bid to become anon-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the 2020-2021 tenure.
Sezibera affirmed to support Vietnam at the election in June this year.-VNA
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Vietnamese Ambassador to Tanzania and Rwanda Nguyen Kim Doanh (L) and Rwandan President Paul Kagame (Photo: VNA) 
