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Rwanda: Kagame Offers Sympathy to China
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Rwanda News Agency/Agence Rwandaise d'Information (Kigali)
15 May 2008
Posted to the web 15 May 2008
Kigali
President Paul Kagame has joined other world leaders to show support to China as the country recovers from a horrifying earth quake that has killed thousands of people, RNA reports.
In his condolence message on Tuesday to the Chinese President Hu Jintao, Mr. Kagame offered his "sincere sympathy" to the Chinese people and expressed deep condolences to the victims, Xinhua News Agency reported.
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southwest China's Sichuan province Monday afternoon, killing more than 12,000 people.
Other leaders include Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the Eritrean President Issayas Aferwerki and the Ghanaian President John Agyekum Kufuor - who expressed grief over the huge loss of human life and property.
The Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza said his country was standing by China with its belief that the Chinese government is able to win the battle against the disaster. He also hoped the people in the affected areas could rebuild their homes and resume normal life as soon as possible.
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Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi and Foreign Minister Ahmed Ben Said Jafar sent sympathies and condolences to the Chinese government and people, in particular the families of the victims, saying that Comoros will continue to make efforts to promote relations between the two countries as well as the two peoples.
Somalia's President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed and the Maldivian President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom also sent his sincere sympathy to the Chinese government and people.
China and Rwanda have had a strong relationship dating back to decades. China has built several mega infrastructure projects like road and industry. Trade link between the two countries stood at about 35 million dollars annually.
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