{"id":5474,"date":"2023-07-05T05:53:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T05:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/?p=5474"},"modified":"2023-07-05T07:37:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T07:37:12","slug":"burundi-celebrates-its-61st-anniversary-of-independence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/burundi-celebrates-its-61st-anniversary-of-independence\/","title":{"rendered":"Burundi celebrates its 61st anniversary of independence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Saturday, July 1, 2023, Burundi celebrated its 61st anniversary of Burundi&#8217;s independence. The festivities, at the national level, took place in Gitega, the political capital, under the high patronage of the President of the Republic of Burundi, His Excellency Evariste Ndayishimiye.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5476 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IND-PRE-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IND-PRE-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IND-PRE-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IND-PRE.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ceremonies began with the laying of wreaths by the Burundian Number One at the monument dedicated to the hero of independence. These ceremonies are celebrated under the theme \u201cAll together, let us contribute to the economic recovery of the country to achieve effective independence\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his speech of the occasion, the Burundian Number One advised Burundians to multiply their efforts and contribute in the development of the country to no longer rely on external support. \u201cThere is no real independence without economic independence,\u201d added His Excellency Evariste Ndayishimiye, the President of the Republic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then, the President of the Republic of Burundi called on the political and administrative leaders to work in synergy with the population for strengthening peace, security and the development of the country while eliminating all dishonorable behavior and adopting the behavior of exemplary leaders by imitating the heroes of the independence of our country who were characterized by the love of the nation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In conclusion, the President of the Republic, His Excellency Evariste Ndayishimiye rewarded the various personalities composed by Burundians and foreigners who have distinguished themselves in the protection of the national heritage, good governance, the defense of peace and security, their patriotic love, humanitarianism and public development.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Note that the staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation joined others in the celebration of the 61<sup>st<\/sup> anniversary of independence. Afterwards, the staff enjoyed that great and important celebration in the life of our country, Burundi.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IND-PERM-300x134.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IND-PERM-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IND-PERM-1024x456.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IND-PERM-768x342.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IND-PERM-1536x684.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IND-PERM-2048x913.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IND-LEPERS-1-300x118.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"87\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IND-LEPERS-1-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IND-LEPERS-1-1024x404.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IND-LEPERS-1-768x303.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IND-LEPERS-1-1536x606.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IND-LEPERS-1-2048x808.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5479\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IND-LE-PERS-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"87\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IND-LE-PERS-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IND-LE-PERS-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IND-LE-PERS-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IND-LE-PERS-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IND-LE-PERS-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IND-LE-PERS-310x205.jpg 310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 131px) 100vw, 131px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, July 1, 2023, Burundi celebrated its 61st anniversary of Burundi&#8217;s independence. The festivities, at the national level, took place in Gitega, the political capital, under the high patronage of the President of the Republic of Burundi, His Excellency Evariste Ndayishimiye. &nbsp; The ceremonies began with the laying of wreaths by the Burundian Number &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":5476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5474"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5485,"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5474\/revisions\/5485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}