Mozambique and Rwanda signed last week in Kigali a visa exemption agreement for ordinary passport holders from both countries.
The agreement was signed by Interior Minister of Mozambique Felicidade Félix Massingue and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Rwanda Vincent Biruta,
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Under the new agreement, citizens of both countries are entitled to stay in the other without a visa for up to 90 days.
Speaking at the signing, Minister Massingue said that the visa exemption agreement was in accord with decisions taken by Presidents Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique and Paul Kagame of Rwanda, and forms part of a set of actions adopted by states on the African continent with a view to the gradual elimination of obstacles to the free movement of people and goods, as expressed in the African Union’s Agenda 2063.
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The agreement to make visas unnecessary for ordinary passport holders will enter into force later this year, after ratification by the two signatory countries.
The signing ceremony was witnessed by High Commissioner of the Republic of Mozambique in the Republic of Rwanda Amade Miquidade, and by the Ambassador of the Republic of Mozambique in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Afredo Nuvunga.
