Rodriguez predicted that under Kagame’s leadership, “the Rwandan people will continue on their path of peace and prosperity.”

The head of Cuban diplomacy also expressed his Government’s willingness to continue to strengthen the ties of bilateral friendship and cooperation.

Preliminary statistics from Monday’s presidential election showed the veteran leader with a wide lead over his remaining rivals, who barely won one percent of the votes.

Kagame, 66, has led Rwanda since 2000, when he took office. Before that, he was the leader of the rebels who took over the government and ended the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi ethnic group.

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