{"id":9231,"date":"2026-06-11T05:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T05:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/?p=9231"},"modified":"2026-06-15T05:07:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T05:07:52","slug":"ministers-from-burundi-and-the-drc-visit-the-icglr-to-strengthen-peace-security-and-regional-integration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/ministers-from-burundi-and-the-drc-visit-the-icglr-to-strengthen-peace-security-and-regional-integration\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministers from Burundi and the DRC visit the ICGLR to strengthen peace, security and regional integration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Tuesday June 2<sup>nd<\/sup> 2026, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and Development Cooperation, His Excellency Ambassador \u00c9douard BIZIMANA, and the Minister of Regional Integration of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, His Excellency Floribert Anzuluni Isiloketshi, paid a working visit to the Secretariat of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) in Bujumbura.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9236 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PH-CIRGL1-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PH-CIRGL1-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PH-CIRGL1-768x534.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PH-CIRGL1-110x75.jpg 110w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PH-CIRGL1.jpg 868w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the welcoming address by the Executive Secretary of the ICGLR, His Excellency Ambassador \u00c9douard BIZIMANA welcomed the Congolese delegation. He noted that a very fruitful working meeting had taken place between the Executive Secretary of the ICGLR and Minister Anzuluni. During this meeting, the Executive Secretary outlined the main activities carried out by the institution, as well as the challenges it faces in fulfilling its mission.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Minister \u00c9douard BIZIMANA pledged all necessary assistance to help strengthen this regional organization working for peace, stability and development in the Great Lakes region. It should be noted that Burundi currently holds the Vice-Presidency of the Inter-Ministerial Regional Committee of the ICGLR (CRIM).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Taking the floor, the Minister of Regional Integration of the Democratic Republic of the Congo thanked his Burundian counterpart for the warm welcome he had received since his arrival in Burundi. He also commended the work carried out by the staff of the ICGLR Secretariat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He noted that Burundi will soon assume the chairmanship of the ICGLR Troika and explained that his visit to the Secretariat was part of his responsibilities as Chair of the ICGLR Council of Ministers, with the Democratic Republic of the Congo currently holding the rotating presidency of the organisation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Minister Anzuluni stated that the meeting held with the Executive Secretary had enabled them to discuss several issues, among others:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The forthcoming visit by the ICGLR Executive Secretary to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to meet with the current ICGLR Chairperson;<\/li>\n<li>The security situation in the Great Lakes region;<\/li>\n<li>Progress on the scheduling of the ICGLR\u2019s statutory meetings;<\/li>\n<li>The issue of member states\u2019 contributions to the organization\u2019s operations;<\/li>\n<li>Other matters relating to strengthening the ICGLR\u2019s work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the conclusion of this visit, the Congolese Minister expressed his great satisfaction with the discussions and the results of his mission. He reaffirmed his commitment to maintaining regular contact with the ICGLR Secretariat and to continuing to support its activities on behalf of peace, security and regional integration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday June 2nd 2026, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and Development Cooperation, His Excellency Ambassador \u00c9douard BIZIMANA, and the Minister of Regional Integration of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, His Excellency Floribert Anzuluni Isiloketshi, paid a working visit to the Secretariat of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":9235,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9231","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\/9231","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=9231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9237,"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9231\/revisions\/9237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}