Rwanda–Turkey relations

Rwanda and Turkey have friendly relations. A colony of Belgium but in France’s sphere of influence following independence, Rwanda is a Central African nation whose Hutu Power government tried to exterminate its Tutsi population beginning in April 1994.Grünfeld, Fred, and Anke Huijboom. The Failure to Prevent Genocide in Rwanda. New York: Brill, 2007. During the genocide, after losing 10 soldiers, Belgium immediately withdrew from Rwanda and called on the UN to removeKuperman, Alan J. Limits of Humanitarian Intervention. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 2001. the peacekeeping mission that was there at the time.Melvern, Linda. A People Betrayed: The Role of the West in Rwanda’s Genocide. London: Verso, 2004. Turkey, arguing that the peacekeeping mission was now more relevant to Rwandan safety than ever, cooperated with UN Ambassador Madeleine Albright to convince the UN to allow 270 soldiers to remain in Rwanda.

Turkey did not have the national resourcesKlinghoffer, Arthur J. The International Dimension of the Genocide in Rwanda. New York: New York University Press, 1998. to intervene without U.S. participation in Rwanda. However Bill Clinton, the U.S. president at the time, refused to intervene because the U.S. public and Congress opposed intervention and PDD-25 severely circumscribed U.S. participation in international peacekeeping missions.

Following the end of Rwandan genocide, TurkeyBerkman, Steve. The World Bank and the Gods of Lending. Sterling, Va.: Kumarian Press, 2008. and United States began to provide foreign aidUvin, Peter. Aiding Violence: The Development Enterprise in Rwanda. West Hartford, Conn.: Kumarian Press, 1998. and investment to Rwandan government, with Turkey providing 13% of all foreign aid to further the Rwandan goal of becoming the Singapore of Africa.

• Trade volume between the two countries was US$32.4 million in 2018 (Turkish exports/imports: 32.2/0.2 million USD).
• Turkish investment accounts for 15% of all FDI to Rwanda.

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