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Weekly Bulletin W eeKly B ulletin - RWANDA IN TURKEY- ISSUE 91 DATE: 29 JUNE - 7 JULY 2020 ENGLISH K agame inaugurates homes for most vulnerable as Rw anda celebrates Liberation Day President Paul Kagame on Saturday, July 4 launched a classrooms for 1,418 students and 25 rehabilitated series of transformational projects worth billions of secondary school classrooms for 903 students. francs in the Eastern Province as Rwanda marked the 26th liberation anniversary. The school is equipped with 2 smart classrooms featuring 50 computers with internet access in each Kagame inaugurated Gishuro Model Village, home to 64 one. families, an early childhood development centre, a school with smart classrooms, and a health centre. There are 3 rehabilitated classrooms designated for laboratories and a rehabilitated library with 30 The projects, which were unveiled in Tabagwe Sector in computers. Nyagatare District, were built by the Ministry of Defence and the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF). The liberation history tourism trail projected to cost Rwf4 billion was officially launched as a new tourism According to Lt Col Innocent Munyengango, the Ministry heritage product. of Defense Spokesperson, RDF undertakes both routine and annual Citizen Outreach Program activities that The project began in 2018 in collaboration with the RDF collectively contribute to national economic and the Ministry of Defence, according to Belize Kariza, transformation. the chief tourism officer at the Rwanda Development Board. 2019-2020 saw the construction of 14 model villages which benefitted 318 families, and 286 housing units for ?The preservation of the liberation tourism heritage Genocide survivors which benefitted 561 families. sites is a priority, not only for both domestic and international tourism but also as income-generating The RDF also built 20 bridges across 8 districts, 400 activities," Kariza noted. kilometres of roads across 15 districts, 11 medical facilities. A mobile application was launched, featuring liberation sites and liberation history content, as well as a virtual This is in addition to agriculture and livestock activities reality experience for Gikoba underground open-air that were carried out across all districts in the country. museum. The 14 model villages built between 2019-2020 house The 120-kilometre tourism trail comprises 33 tourism 832 families across all 5 provinces. sites across the country including battlefields, assembly or command points of the Rwanda Patriotic Army (RPA) Kagame also witnessed the launch of Groupe Scolaire during the 4-year war that began on October 1, 1990, Tabagwe, which features 22 rehabilitated primary school and culminated into the halting of the Genocide against classrooms for 1,418 students and 25 rehabilitated the Tutsi on July 4, 1994. secondary school classrooms for 903 students. The RPA was a military wing of the Rwanda Patriotic Kagame also witnessed the launch of Groupe Scolaire Front (RPF-Inkotanyi) which rescued the nation from Tabagwe, which features 22 rehabilitated primary school the verge of extinction by the genocidal government. 1 SAYI 91 TAR?H: 29 HAZ?RAN - 7 TEMMUZ 2020 TÜRKÇE Ruanda Kurtulu? Gününü kutlarken, Kagame yard?ma muhtaç kesimlerin evlerinin aç?l???n? yapt? 4 Temmuz Cumartesi günü Ruanda, kurtulu?unun 26. Okulda ayr?ca, laboratuvarlar için tasarlanm?? 3 adet y?ldönümünü kutlarken, Cumhurba?kan? Paul Kagame, rehabilite edilmi? s?n?f ve 30 adet bilgisayar bulunan Do?u Bölgesinde milyarca dolar frank de?erinde bir dizi dönü?üm projesi ba?latt?. rehabilite edilmi? bir kütüphane bulunmaktad?r. Kagame, içerisinde 64 aileye ev, erken çocukluk geli?im Kurtulu? Yolu merkezi, ak?ll? s?n?flardan olu?an bir okul ve sa?l?k 4 milyar Ruanda Frank?na mal olaca?? ön görülen merkezi bar?nd?ran Gishuro Model Köyün aç?l???n? yapt?. Kurtulu? tarihi turizm yolu program?n?n aç?l??? da yeni bir Nyagatare ?lçesindeki Tabagwe Bölgesinde ilk kez turizm miras? ürünü olarak gerçekle?ti. ba?lat?lan proje, Savunma Bakanl??? ve Ruanda Savunma Kuvvetleri (RDF) taraf?ndan in?a edildi. Ruanda Kalk?nma Kurulu turizm ?efi Belize Kariza'ya Savunma Bakanl??? Sözcüsü Yarbay Innocent göre, proje 2018 y?l?nda RDF ve Savunma Bakanl??? ile Munyengango?ya göre, RDF, ulusal ekonomik i?birli?i içinde ba?lad?. dönü?üme mü?terek katk?da bulunan, hem rutin hem de Kariza, ?Kurtulu? tarihi turizm miras? alanlar?n?n y?ll?k Vatanda? Destek Program? faaliyetlerini yürütmektedir. korunmas? yaln?zca ulusal ve uluslararas? turizm için de?il ayn? zamanda gelir getirici faaliyetler aç?s?ndan da 2019- 2020?de, 318 ailenin fayda sa?lad??? 14 model köy ve 561 ailenin fayda sa?lad???, soyk?r?mdan bir önceliktir,? dedi. kurtulanlar için yap?lan 286 konut birimi in?a edildi. Gikobo yeralt? aç?k hava müzesinde sanal gerçeklik RDF ayni zamanda 8 bölgeyi kapsayan 20 köprü, 15 deneyiminin yan? s?ra, kurtulu? mevzileri ve kurtulu? bölgeyi kapsayan 400 kilometre yol ve 11 sa?l?k tesisi tarihi içeriklerini de içeren bir mobil uygulaman?n da in?a etti. tan?t?m? yap?ld?. Bu proje, ülkenin tüm bölgelerinde gerçekle?tirilen tar?m 120 kilometrelik turizm yolu, 1 Ekim 1990 tarihinde ve hayvanc?l?k faaliyetlerine de ilave katk? sa?lamaktad?r. ba?layan ve 4 Temmuz 1994 tarihinde Tutsilere kar?? soyk?r?m?n durdurulmas?yla sona eren 4 y?ll?k sava? 5 bölge boyunca 832 aileye konut sa?layan 14 model köy 2019-2020 y?llar? aras?nda in?a edildi. esnas?nda, Ruanda Vatansever Ordusunun (RPA) toplant? ve kumanda noktalar?n? ve sava? meydanlar?n? Kagame ayr?ca, 1,418 ö?renci için iyile?tirme yap?lm?? da kapsayan ülke genelinde 33 turizm alan?n? içeriyor. 22 ilkö?retim s?n?f? ve 903 ö?renci için iyile?tirme yap?lm?? 25 ortaö?retim s?n?f?n? içeren Groupe Scolaire RPA, Ruanda Vatansever Cephesinin (RPF ? Tabagwe okulunu da yerinde gördü. Inkontanyi), ulusu soyk?r?m hükümeti taraf?ndan yok Okulda, her birinde internet eri?imi bulunan 50 edilmenin e?i?inden kurtaran askeri kanad?d?r. bilgisayarl? 2 ak?ll? s?n?f bulunuyor. 2 ISSUE 91 DATE: 29 JUNE - 7 JULY 2020 ENGLISH French President pledges to advance Rw anda-France cooperation The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, has ?The new dynamism that we have instilled in it is in the promised to invigorate development cooperation process of finding concrete translations, in the image of between Rwanda and his country through bringing all the revival of our development cooperation or even genocide fugitives to justice, jointly tackling Covid-19 works to enable the next opening of a Francophone pandemic and reestablishment of a Francophone cultural centre in Kigali,? he said. cultural centre in Kigali. At the same time, he said, ?rest assured that we are Macron made the observations on July 4, in his continuing our efforts to ensure that all suspected message to his Rwandan counterpart President Paul Rwandan genocidaires are prosecuted, Kagame on the occasion of the 26th celebration of ?Following the decision to strengthen the means of the Liberation Day. French justice dealing with the procedures relating to ?On the occasion of the National Day of the Republic the genocide against the Tutsi [in 1994], the arrest, last of Rwanda, I am happy to extend to you and to the May, of Félicien Kabuga dedicated a new stage in this people of Rwanda my warmest congratulations and fight which we carry out at your sides against impunity.? best wishes,? Macron said. Macron said that he hoped that the move has brought Rwanda accuses France of supporting the regime comfort to the victims and survivors of the genocide that orchestrated the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi against the Tutsi, as well as to their descendants. which claimed lives of more than a million innocent Supporting efforts to deal with Covid-19 impact lives, according to estimates from the National Commission for the Fight against Genocide (CNLG). Meanwhile, Macron said that the celebration of Rwanda?s Liberation Day took place this year in a This situation has soured relations between the two particular context of the global health crisis ? the nations, especially given that there are some Covid-19 pandemic, which has put international genocide fugitives still roaming freely in France. solidarity to test, at a time when it was more than ever Over the past two years, Macron said, political necessary. dialogue between the two countries has strengthened ?I would like to assure you of France's support during considerably, something he welcomed. this difficult period, both bilaterally and multilaterally, to He indicated that he attached particular importance to back the Rwandan national response strategy for the continuation and deepening of this dialogue. responding to the pandemic,? he said. 3 SAYI 91 TAR?H: 29 HAZ?RAN - 7 TEMMUZ 2020 TÜRKÇE Fransa Cumhurba?kan? Ruanda-Fransa ??birli?inin ?lerletilmesi Sözü Verdi Fransa Cumhurba?kan? Emmanuel Macron, Covid-19 Getirdi?imiz yeni dinamizm; somut dönü?ümler bulma salg?n?yla birlikte mücadele ederek ve Kigali'deki bir a?amas?nda, geli?en i?birli?imizin canlanmas? Frankofon kültür merkezinin yeniden kurulmas?yla suretinde yer almaktad?r ve hatta Kigali'deki bir beraber, tüm soyk?r?m firarilerini adalete teslim ederek Francophone kültür merkezinin bir sonraki aç?l???n? Ruanda ve ülkesi aras?ndaki kalk?nma i?birli?ini sa?lamak için de çal??maktad?r,? dedi. canland?rma sözü verdi. Macron ?Ayn? zamanda, ?tüm ?üpheli Ruanda soyk?r?mc?lar?n?n kovu?turulmas?n? sa?lamak için Macron, görü?lerini Kurtulu? Gününün 4 Temmuz'daki çabalar?m?z? sürdürdü?ümüzden emin olabilirsiniz," diye 26. y?ldönümü münasebetiyle Ruandal? mevkida?? ekledi Cumhurba?kan? Paul Kagame'ye gönderdi?i mesaj?nda dile getirdi. ?[1994] Tutsi'lere kar?? soyk?r?mla ilgili prosedürlerle ilgilenen Frans?z adaletinin araçlar?n? güçlendirme ?Ruanda Cumhuriyeti Ulusal Günü vesilesiyle, size ve karar?n? takiben, geçen May?s ay?nda Félicien Ruanda halk?na en içten tebriklerimi ve en iyi Kabuga'n?n tutuklanmas?, cezas?z kalmaya kar?? dileklerimi iletmekten mutluluk duyorum,? dedi Macron.
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