{"id":9128,"date":"2026-05-21T04:51:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/?p=9128"},"modified":"2026-05-21T04:51:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:51:32","slug":"burundi-and-belgium-strengthen-their-diplomatic-cooperation-through-the-egmont-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/burundi-and-belgium-strengthen-their-diplomatic-cooperation-through-the-egmont-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"Burundi and Belgium strengthen their diplomatic cooperation through the Egmont Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This Tuesday, May 19, 2026, the Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and Development Cooperation (MAEIRCD), Mr. Sophonie Nitunga, received in audience Mr. Gabriel Monterrosa, Project Manager of the Egmont Institute, accompanied by the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to Burundi, Mr. Michael Wimmer.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9132 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PH-BELGIQUE3-300x182.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PH-BELGIQUE3-300x182.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PH-BELGIQUE3-1024x622.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PH-BELGIQUE3-768x466.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PH-BELGIQUE3-1536x932.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PH-BELGIQUE3-2048x1243.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This meeting, marked by courtesy, allowed for discussion of a major project: diplomatic training for young Burundian professionals. Mr. Monterrosa indicated that the Egmont Institute has made available to Burundi a training program structured into four sessions. However, the practical modalities, namely the selection of candidates, the training modules and the schedule, will have to be defined jointly by the sectoral Directorate of the Ministry and the Belgian party in a meeting to be organized later for this purpose.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his remarks, Mr. Nitunga expressed his gratitude to the Egmont Institute and the Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium for their constant support in capacity-building of the ministry. He encouraged the Egmont Institute to multiply these initiatives and to broaden their scope of application, emphasizing their strategic importance for Burundi and for its diplomatic administration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Permanent Secretary concluded by reaffirming Burundi&#8217;s commitment to work in close collaboration with the Embassy of Belgium in order to ensure the success of joint projects and programs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This audience illustrates the shared will of Burundi and Belgium to consolidate their partnership and to promote a modern, open and forward-looking diplomacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Tuesday, May 19, 2026, the Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and Development Cooperation (MAEIRCD), Mr. Sophonie Nitunga, received in audience Mr. Gabriel Monterrosa, Project Manager of the Egmont Institute, accompanied by the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to Burundi, Mr. Michael Wimmer. \u00a0 \u00a0 This &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":9131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9128","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\/9128","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=9128"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9133,"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9128\/revisions\/9133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}