{"id":8639,"date":"2026-01-22T09:31:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T09:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/?p=8639"},"modified":"2026-01-22T09:31:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T09:31:14","slug":"the-minister-of-foreign-affairs-regional-integration-and-development-cooperation-h-e-edouard-bizimana-received-a-delegation-from-the-african-union-development-agency-auda-nepad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/the-minister-of-foreign-affairs-regional-integration-and-development-cooperation-h-e-edouard-bizimana-received-a-delegation-from-the-african-union-development-agency-auda-nepad\/","title":{"rendered":"The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration, and Development Cooperation, H.E. Edouard BIZIMANA, received a delegation from the African Union Development Agency \u2013 AUDA-NEPAD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>This morning, January 20, 2026, His Excellency Edouard BIZIMANA, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration, and Development Cooperation, welcomed a delegation from the African Union Development Agency \u2013 AUDA-NEPAD led by Madam Nardos Bekele-Thomas, Director General of the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD). The two authorities discussed strengthening the partnership and relations between the Republic of Burundi and the AUDA-NEPAD Development Agency, emphasizing that this visit represents a strategic opportunity to foster constructive dialogue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8650 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Picture4-300x245.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Picture4-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Picture4-1024x836.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Picture4-768x627.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Picture4-1536x1254.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Picture4-2048x1672.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Madam Nardos Bekele-Thomas emphasized that this initiative aims not only at exploring the modalities for opening the Footprints office of the AUDA-NEPAD but also at establishing beneficial institutional cooperation mechanisms between Burundi and this organization.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Indeed, both personalities agreed on the growing importance of cooperative relations between Burundi and African development institutions, highlighting that the issues of sustainable development and regional integration are more than ever at the heat of concerns.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8645 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Picture16-1-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Picture16-1-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Picture16-1-1024x629.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Picture16-1-768x472.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Picture16-1-1536x943.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Picture16-1-2048x1258.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They also discussed the question related to Burundi&#8217;s presidency of the African Union in February 2026. Madam Nardos Bekele-Thomas, Director General of the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD, assured that her institution will provide technical support to Burundi during this presidency.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8647\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Picture8-300x227.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Picture8-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Picture8-1024x775.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Picture8-768x581.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Picture8-1536x1162.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Picture8-2048x1550.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-8642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Picture13.jpg-300x216.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"306\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Picture13.jpg-300x216.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Picture13.jpg-1024x739.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Picture13.jpg-768x554.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Picture13.jpg-1536x1108.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Picture13.jpg-2048x1478.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, January 20, 2026, His Excellency Edouard BIZIMANA, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration, and Development Cooperation, welcomed a delegation from the African Union Development Agency \u2013 AUDA-NEPAD led by Madam Nardos Bekele-Thomas, Director General of the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD). 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