Mr Paul Kagame met the leaders on Sept 20.
SINGAPORE - Rwanda is a compelling story of how social peace drives economic development, and despite its smaller size and landlocked geography, the country is one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies, said President Tharman Shanmugaratnam.
He added that the country has succeeded through “colossal effort to overcome a bloody history of conflict between its two main tribes, the Hutus and the Tutsis – including the 1994 Rwandan genocide, when 800,000 people were killed”. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs , in a statement on Sept 20, said both leaders reaffirmed friendly ties between Singapore and Rwanda, which share a common status as small states.From one of the darkest hours in human history has emerged a bright spot. Rwanda is a compelling story: of how social...Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, in a separate Facebook post, said Rwanda and Singapore are geographically far apart, but as small nations with limited resources, both countries have much in common.
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