Rwanda and Jordan will soon waive visa requirements for ordinary passports to accelerate bilateral cooperation between both countries, foreign ministers announced.
Dr. Vincent Biruta, Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, on February 22, received Ayman Safadi, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Kingdom of Jordan, who is on a three-day working visit.
Following discussions in different existing and prospective areas of cooperation, the two ministers signed three Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of political consultations, education, and visa wavering on diplomatic and service passports.
Biruta revealed that the additional MoU between the Ministry of Education and King’s Academy in Jordan will allow academic exchange in research centres as well as support training in literature.
Political consultations will facilitate both countries to have continued discussions in areas of mutual interests and framework for further cooperation, he said, adding that there are pending agreements in justice, trade and investment, finance, agriculture, and health.
Biruta noted that taking a step further to waive visas on ordinary passports should happen “as soon as possible” to increase trade and investments as well as tourism.
Safadi said, “We are both supportive of waiving visas for regular passports as well which will contribute to increasing two-way traffic in tourism, business, and education. We are going to be working on that very soon.”
We will also discuss the possibilities of having direct flights between Jordan and Rwanda because it is important to encourage business-to-business interactions, he added.
