President Paul Kagame has said that Commonwealth countries need to continuously engage and find out what they can do to bring a balance to ensure that everyone in the 54-nation community feels included.
Kagame said this at the opening of the Commonwealth Business Forum on Tuesday, June 21, in Kigali, drawing more than 1,000 delegates.
“We need to keep making sure that when we talk about the Commonwealth, we actually mean the Commonwealth. Not just that being Common to a few of the many 54 countries. This is why I said, it keeps being a work in progress. He says
“We (have) to engage one another, finding out what we can do to bring that balance to the extent that everyone in the Commonwealth, the family of nations, feels they are part of it, no one is left behind.
“I think this is what we have to focus on. So that, even the small, developing nations feel they are not left behind, that we uplift everyone, we move towards what fulfills the obligation to the Commonwealth that we aspire to in this family of nations.”
Whether it is trade and business, investments, or other issues such as health, Kagame said, “the pace at which things move needs to be increased, so that we give more value to the Commonwealth and the feelings of the people of the Commonwealth.”
The Commonwealth Business Forum attracted government officials, investors, bankers, venture capitalists, business executives, among others.
