{"id":3689,"date":"2026-09-11T08:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/?p=3689"},"modified":"2026-09-11T08:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:18:09","slug":"kagame-sassou-nguesso-discuss-rwanda-congo-ties-and-african-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/11\/kagame-sassou-nguesso-discuss-rwanda-congo-ties-and-african-solutions\/politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagame, Sassou Nguesso discuss Rwanda-Congo ties and African solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"812\" src=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pk-79-66075.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pk-79-66075.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pk-79-66075-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pk-79-66075-767x623.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Paul Kagame and Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso have discussed relations between their countries and the need for African-led solutions to challenges facing the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two leaders held bilateral talks on Sept. 10, 2026, on the sidelines of the International Space Summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a statement posted on X by the Office of the President, Village Urugwiro, Kagame and Sassou Nguesso reaffirmed the good relations between Rwanda and the Republic of Congo and exchanged views on joint programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pk1-33-c92ed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pk1-33-c92ed.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pk1-33-c92ed-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pk1-33-c92ed-768x556.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They also discussed the need to promote appropriate and sustainable African solutions to challenges facing the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rwanda and the Republic of Congo have maintained diplomatic and political ties and cooperation in several areas. Rwanda opened its embassy in Congo-Brazzaville in August 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In November 2021, the two countries signed agreements covering military cooperation, higher education, land-related cooperation, sustainable development and environmental protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agreements also covered efforts to promote trade between the two countries and expand cooperation in air transport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Paul Kagame and Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso have discussed relations between their countries and the need for African-led solutions to challenges [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,43,41,5,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa-news","category-current_affairs","category-hot_topics","category-politics","category-regional"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3689"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3692,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3689\/revisions\/3692"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}