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During the 5th session of the Permanent Joint Commission for Cooperation between Burundi and Zambia held in Lusaka from June 12 to 12, 2024, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation of the Republic of Burundi His Excellency Ambassador Albert SHINGIRO, in his speech delivered on the occasion of the Ministerial Meeting of the Permanent Joint Commission for Cooperation …

On Thursday June 06, 2024, for the first time since its accession to the United Nations (UN), Burundi, represented by Mr Maniratanga Zéphirin, Ambassador of Burundi in New York, was unanimously elected by the 193 Member States of the United Nations to the Presidency of the 3rd Commission for the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. The election …

On June 3, 2024, the Ambassador of the Republic of Burundi in Riyadh Mr Jacques Ya’coub Nahayo presented his letters of credence to the Sultan of Oman His Majesty Haïtham ben Tariq. Burundi maintains historic relations of friendship, fraternity and cooperation in various fields with the Sultanate of Oman. The bilateral cooperation between the Republic of Burundi and the Sultanate …

On Friday, May 24, 2024, the Ambassador of Burundi accredited to Lusaka, Mrs Evelyne BUTOYI represented the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation at a meeting of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee responsible of Security Questions in Central Africa (UNSAC) held in Luanda, Republic of Angola, from May 20 to 24, 2024, at the Conventions Hotel on the …

On May 22, 2024, the Ambassador of Burundi in Beijing His Excellency Telesphore Irambona met Mr Seok Hwa Hong, Vice-President of the Korean International Cooperation Agency: Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).    During their discussion, the Ambassador of Burundi in Beijing His Excellency Telesphore Irambona and the Vice-President of the Korean International Cooperation Agency Mr Seok Hwa Hong, shared with …

The African continent celebrated Africa Day on Saturday May 25, 2024 with a call of realizing the founding continental aspirations of the African Union (AU). Africa Day is observed annually on May 25 celebrating the achievements of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), created on May 25, 1963 and relayed by the African Union (AU) in 2002. In Bujumbura, the …

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation His Excellency Ambassador Albert SHINGIRO received in audience on Wednesday June 5, 2024 Mr Omar Daair, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Burundi with residence in Kigali who came to bid farewell to the end of his mandate. The cooperative relations between the Republic of Burundi and the United Kingdom have developed …

On Wednesday June 5, 2024, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation His Excellency Ambassador Albert Shingiro received in audience Monsignor Dieudonné Datonou, Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi. The two personalities discussed the subjects of common interest relating to bilateral cooperation between Burundi and the Holy See. Not that on February 11, 2023, the Holy See and the Republic of …

On Thursday May 30, 2024, in Harare, capital of Zimbabwe, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation His Excellency Ambassador Albert Shingiro was honored to receive from the Business Executive Group, the prize among the 100 most influential personalities in Africa in an event organized under the theme “people who drive the African renaissance”. In his speech for the …

On Tuesday, May 21, 2024, at the Kiriri Garden Hotel in Bujumbura, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation His Excellency Ambassador Albert SHINGIRO and the Ambassador Delegate of the European Union Her Excellency Madame Elisabetta PIETROBON co-chaired the first session of the partnership dialogue between the Government of Burundi and the European Union as provided by the Samoa …