
<p>KIGALI (Reuters) &#8211; Qatar Airways has agreed to take a 60% stake in a new $1.3 billion international airport in Rwanda, the state-run Rwanda Development Board said on Twitter on Monday.</p>



<p>The board said a first phase of construction would provide facilities for 7 million passengers a year in the Bugesera district, about 25 km south east of the capital Kigali. A second phase, expected to be completed by 2032, would double capacity to 14 million passengers a year.</p>



<p>The country’s infrastructure minister Claver Gatete told a news conference that a construction company was still being sought to build the airport, and that once work starts, the first phase would take five years to complete.</p>



<p>Qatar Airways declined to immediately comment outside of normal business hours.</p>



<p>The plans for the new airport are a modification of those drawn up in 2017 for a smaller facility with a maximum capacity of 4.5 million passengers a year in the same location.</p>



<p>Company and government officials said at the time that Rwanda had signed a deal with the African division of Portuguese construction firm Mota-Engil to build an international airport at a cost of $818 million.</p>



<p>Gatete said the investment from Qatar Airways would enable it to build the larger airport.</p>



<p>“We are looking for a bigger sized airport. That’s why we are looking for a bigger investor,” he said.</p>



<p>Qatari ruler Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani is currently visiting Kigali for the presentation of the International Anti-Corruption Excellence (ACE) Award.</p>



<p>Gatete said there was also a possibility that Qatar Airways would help state-run carrier RwandAir to expand, but gave no more details.</p>



<p>Reporting by Clement Uwiringiyinana; Additional reporting by Eric Knecht; Writing by George Obulutsa; Editing by Kirsten Donovan<br></p>


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