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On Tuesday, August 25, 2026, in Bujumbura, His Excellency Ambassador Edouard Bizimana Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration, and Development Cooperation received Mr. Billy Stewart, Chargé d’Affaires, and Ms. Anna Mijnlief, Political Advisor at the Embassy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, for a courtesy visit.   Discussions focused on various topics of mutual interest, particularly …

On August 18 and 19, 2026, an important meeting was held at Roca Golf hotel in Bujumbura Province, and was launched by the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and Development Cooperation, Mr Aime NKURUNZIZA, General Director and head of the Burundi’s Integration Program at the East African Community. This meeting, which brought together focal points from …

On Monday, August 17, 2026, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and Development Cooperation, His Excellency Ambassador Édouard BIZIMANA, presented the activities carried out for the 4th quarter, covering the period from April 1st to June 30th, 2026. In his speech, Ambassador Édouard BIZIMANA recalled that the objective of this exercise is to present to both national and international …

On August 12, 2026, in Bujumbura, His Excellency Ambassador Édouard Bizimana, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and Development Cooperation, received in audience his Burkinabe counterpart, Mr. Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso, on a courtesy visit. Minister Édouard Bizimana expressed his heartfelt thanks to his counterpart for making the trip, which is part of …

On Wednesday, August 12, 2026, in Bujumbura, His Excellency Ambassador Édouard Bizimana, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration, and Development Cooperation, presided over the official handover ceremony of a donation of two Toyota Hilux vehicles, offered by the General Secretariat of the East African Community (EAC), represented by His Excellency Ambassador Stephen Patrick Mbundi, Secretary General of the Organization. These …

This Wednesday, August 12, 2026, in Bujumbura, Mr. Séverin Mbarubukeye, Permanent Secretary in charge of East African Community Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and Development Cooperation, officially opened the national consultation meeting on the draft Integrated Water Resources Management Strategy of the East African Community (2026–2035) and its action plan. Organized over three days, this meeting …

On August 5, 2026, in Bujumbura, His Excellency Ambassador Édouard Bizimana, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration, and Development Cooperation, received in audience His Excellency Hubertus Klink, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Burundi, who had come to present the copies of his letters of credence. Discussions focused on topics of mutual interest, particularly the strengthening of bilateral …

On August 3, 2026, His Excellency Ambassador Édouard Bizimana, Burundi’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration, and Development Cooperation, received Ms. Lianne H. W. S. Huben, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Burundi, who came to bid farewell at the conclusion of her diplomatic mission. In her remarks, Ms. Lianne Huben expressed her deep appreciation for the excellent …

On August 3, 2026, His Excellency Ambassador Édouard Bizimana, Burundi’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration, and Development Cooperation, received a delegation from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), led by its Secretary General, Mr. Wamkele Mene, as part of a working visit. Discussions focused on topics of mutual interest, particularly the effective implementation of the AfCFTA in Burundi, …

On August 4, 2026, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and Development Cooperation, H.E. Ambassador Édouard BIZIMANA, received in audience H.E. Monsignor Dieudonné Datonou, Apostolic Nuncio to the Republic of Burundi. The discussions focused on matters of common interest, as well as on the strengthening of the ties of friendship and cooperation between the Holy See and the Republic …