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Secretary Pompeo Message for Rwanda Independence Day 2019

On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of Rwanda as you mark 57 years of independence on July 1 and celebrate the 25th anniversary of Liberation Day on July 4. Rwanda has demonstrated exceptional leadership in the region to establish a favorable climate for trade and investment, ...

By U.S. Embassy Rwanda | 2 July, 2019 | Topics: News | Tags: statement

President Obama delivers a statement on the 2016 election

President Obama addressed the nation on the next steps we can take to come together as a country and ensure a peaceful transition of power. THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Yesterday, before votes were tallied, I shot a video that some of you may have seen in which I said to the American people: Regardless ...

By U.S. Embassy Rwanda | 10 November, 2016 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders | Tags: Barack Obama, statement

Accident Involving U.S. Embassy Vehicle

The U.S. embassy community extends its deepest condolences to the families of the two children who died in a tragic accident involving an official embassy vehicle on 14 August, 2016. We know the loss of any family member is hard, but it is especially difficult to lose a child. Ambassador Barks-Ruggles personally visited the families ...

By U.S. Embassy Rwanda | 26 August, 2016 | Topics: Exclude, Speeches, U.S. Embassy in Kigali | Tags: statement

Ambassador Erica Barks-Ruggles Remarks for the 22nd Genocide Commemoration at the U.S. Embassy

Mwiriwe (Good Afternoon). Director General of the Research and Documentation Center on the Genocide at the National Commission for the Fight against the Genocide, Dr. Jean Damascene Gasanabo, Representative of the Ibuka Association, Second Vice President Freddy Mutanguha, Survivor orphans, Widows, Relatives, Friends of our fallen colleagues, U.S. Embassy colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen I am ...

By U.S. Embassy Rwanda | 13 April, 2016 | Topics: Ambassador, Exclude, Speeches | Tags: commemoration, genocide, statement

U.S. Ambassador’s Remarks at the Inauguration Ceremony for Culligan International’s Nzove Water Treatment Plant

Your Excellency Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, Honorable Minister of Finance Ambassador Claver Gatete Honorable Minister of Infrastructure James Musoni WASAC CEO James Sano Culligan East Africa and Central Asia (EACA) CEO Beyhan Nakiboglu and Senior Vice President Laurence Bower Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, all Protocols Observed. I am very honored ...

By U.S. Embassy Rwanda | 28 March, 2016 | Topics: Ambassador, Events, Speeches | Tags: Ambassador, Culligan International, statement

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