{"id":397851,"date":"2011-04-26T01:48:19","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T01:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/26\/burundian-army-chief-visits\/"},"modified":"2011-04-26T01:48:19","modified_gmt":"2011-04-26T01:48:19","slug":"burundian-army-chief-visits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/26\/burundian-army-chief-visits\/","title":{"rendered":"Burundian Army Chief Visits"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"25.0254389108\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/218ad26fnewtimes180.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"The New Times (Kigali)\" title=\"Visit The New Times (Kigali)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>James Karuhanga<\/p>\n<p>26 April 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Burundi&#8217;s Chief of Defence Staff, Maj. Gen. Godefroid Niyombare, arrived in the country, yesterday, for a three-day visit to explore ways of formalising bilateral military cooperation between the two neighbouring states.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed by army spokesperson, Lt Col Jill Rutaremara, during an interview yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He will meet and discuss with the CDS (Lt. Gen. Charles Kayonga) to identify areas of cooperation,&#8221; Rutaremara said.<\/p>\n<p>Burundi is a member of the three-nation Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL), a regional grouping also comprising of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic Congo (DRC).<\/p>\n<p>Members of CEPGL have vowed to work together, especially by maintaining military pressure on FDLR rebels in eastern of DRC and other negative forces or security threats in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Rutaremara noted that even though routine reviews of common security threats and sharing intelligence was on CEPGL&#8217;s agenda, Rwanda and Burundi have to take a good look at their bilateral arrangement against common security threats.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201104260089.html\" title=\"Burundian Army Chief Visits\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Burundian Army Chief Visits<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> James Karuhanga 26 April 2011 Burundi&#8217;s Chief of Defence Staff, Maj. 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