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Mukudzei Chingwere Herald Reporter

Zimbabwe and Rwanda will next week meet for a Mid-Term Review of the Second Joint Permanent Commission on Cooperation (JPCC) to explore and deepen cooperation in critical areas such as trade and investment, tourism, agriculture, and mineral resources.

In a statement,  the Zimbabwean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade said the review meetings will be held on Monday and Tuesday.

Government said the meeting will also discuss cooperation in areas such exchange of educational personnel and expertise, climate change and media.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade wishes to inform that Zimbabwe will host the Mid-Term Review Meeting of the Second Joint Permanent Commission on Co-operation between the Republic of Zimbabwe and the Republic of Rwanda in Harare, from 27 to 28 May 2024,” said the Ministry in the statement.

“The meeting will discuss mutual cooperation between the two countries including in the areas of trade and investment, tourism, agriculture, mineral resources, exchange of educational personnel and expertise, climate change and media, among others.

“Diplomatic relations between Zimbabwe and Rwanda have continued to grow exponentially since the advent of the Second Republic.”

“This Mid-Term Review is a mechanism to follow up on the implementation of the various Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) and other agreements signed during the Second Session of the Zimbabwe-Rwanda Joint Permanent Commission on Cooperation (JPCC) which was held in Rwanda in May 2023.

“The two sisterly countries have a shared desire to strengthen and deepen their relations for the mutual benefit of their peoples,” said the Ministry.

The vast cooperation between the two countries taps into President Mnangagwa’s vision of advancing economic interchange to improve trade and investment as well as livelihoods towards attaining an upper middle income society by 2030 in Zimbabwe.

In 2022, Rwanda started recruiting Zimbabweans to fill critical skilled gaps in its education sector, exploiting the good bilateral relations that exist between the two countries.

The hiring of Zimbabwean trained personnel is a consummation of the professional Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2021 that allows the two republics to exchange educational personnel and expertise.

Zimbabwe and Rwanda enjoy excellent bilateral relations and the exchange is anchored on protecting citizens from unethical and unfair recruitment practices in foreign lands.