Kigali: On Tuesday 12th March 2019, Ambassador Tibor Peter Nagy, Assistant Secretary for U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of African Affairs visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial centre in Gisozi and paid respect to more than 250000 genocide victims laid to rest at the memorial.
He toured the memorial’s exhibits and laid wreaths onto the mass graves where the victims are laid to pay homage to them.
In the message he wrote in the memorial’s guest book, ambassador Tibor called the world to work together to ensure that genocide never happens again.
“I will never forget what I saw and we must work all together to make sure it never happens again”, reads his message.
Ambassador Tibor who is in Africa for a two week visit to the continent, on Monday met and interacted with students from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Africa in Kigali.
Prior to this, Tibor had on Sunday met President Paul Kagame, Foreign Minister Richard Sezibera, and Rwanda’s Ambassador to US to discuss building on the US-Rwanda partnership to expand trade and investment partnership and advance regional peace and security.
Tibor is in Rwanda as part of his visit to four African countries, which they say is aimed at engaging Africa’s vibrant youth, promote stronger business ties between the United States and Africa, and strengthen partnerships that aim for greater peace and security.
The visit is meant to reinforce the United States’ commitment to the people and nations of Africa, according to officials. (End)