President Kagame in Belgium for European Development Days

President Kagame meets with President Macky Sall of Senegal in Brussels ahead of 2019 European Development Days (EDD)

Kigali: President Kagame is today in Brussels, Belgium, where he will attend and deliver a keynote address at the opening ceremony of this year’s European Development Days (EDD) under the theme “Inequalities: trends and challenges in the context of globalization”.

Hosted by the European Commission, the event was initiated in 2006 by Louis Michel, as Europe’s leading forum on International Development to mobilize the 0.7% target for Official Development Aid (ODA).

The forum brings together the development community to share ideas and experiences in ways that inspire new partnerships and innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. The EDD 2019 theme is “Addressing inequalities: building a world which leaves no one behind”.

Other African Heads of State attending the event include President Macky Sall of Senégal and President Jorge Carlos Fonseca of Cabo Verde. (End)