President Paul Kagame met with President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe, who arrived in Kigali on Saturday, August 10, ahead of the former's inauguration ceremony on Sunday.
Mnangagwa is one of the more than 20 leaders in Kigali to attend President Kagame’s swearing-in ceremony at Amahoro Stadium.
"The two Heads of State reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening the existing fruitful cooperation between Rwanda and Zimbabwe," the President's Office posted on X.
Kagame will be sworn in for a five-year term, after registering a landslide victory during the July 14-15 polls when he secured more than 99 percent of votes cast.
The oath-taking ceremony comes nearly three weeks after Kagame was re-elected into office, beating, by a large margin, Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda and Philipe Mpayimana, an independent candidate.
Other leaders who arrived in Kigali on Saturday for the inauguration include the President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, who is also the Chairperson of the East African Community, Gen. Umaro Sissoco Embalo, the President of Guinea Bissau, the President of Gabon, Brice Oligui Nguema, Ivory Coast Vice President Tiemoko Meyliet Koné, São Tomé and Príncipe Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada, Gen Mamadi Doumbouya, the President of Guinea, and the Prime Minister of Senegal, Ousmane Sonko.
