Somalia and Rwanda have signed a Bilateral Air Service Agreements (BASA) marking the 100th deal to be penned for Rwanda.
The deal, which allows both countries to share a free airspace authorization will facilitate trade, tourism and investment cooperation.
The deal was penned in Kigali this weekend between Rwanda’s Infrastructure Minister Ambassador Claver Gatete and his Somali counterpart, Mohammed Abdullahi Salat, the Somalian Minister of Transport & Aviation.
“Today marks the signing of 100th bilateral air service agreements to facilitate trade, tourism and investment cooperation but also enhance the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA),” Minister Gatete said.
Minister Abdullahi Salat said that signing this deal will also be an opportunity for Somalia to learn an economic and social transformation lesson from Rwanda since both countries share a hard past history of conflict.
“We would like to learn from Rwanda’s aviation sector so that our national carrier- ‘Somalia airlines’’ can also perform well and increase movement of our citizens and trade in the region and continent,” Salat said.
Somalia has been making a rapid economic progress in the last decade and flights to Aden Abdulle International Airport have increased leading to the proposal of a New Bigger International Airport in the Capital.
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