{"id":15952,"date":"2022-04-25T09:51:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T09:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/kagame-museveni-hold-bilateral-talks"},"modified":"2022-04-25T10:13:16","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T10:13:16","slug":"kagame-museveni-hold-bilateral-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-museveni-hold-bilateral-talks","title":{"rendered":"Kagame, Museveni hold bilateral talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>President Paul Kagame and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni, on Sunday, April 24, held bilateral talks on a number of issues including regional peace, stability and cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>This was on the sidelines of the 48th birthday celebrations of Lieutenant General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the Commander of the Land Forces in the Uganda People&#8217;s Defence Forces (UPDF), an event that Kagame specifically travelled to attend in Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first time in more than 4 years that Kagame is visiting the neighbouring country.<\/p>\n<p>The development is another significant step towards the normalization of the relations between the two states, a cause that has recently seen some good progress, where earlier this year, Kainerugaba travelled to Rwanda and met with President Kagame, a move that culminated into the reopening of the Gatuna border which had been closed for almost three years as a result of the poor relations between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>I also held bilateral talks with H.E President Paul Kagame on a number of issues, especially on regional peace, stability and cooperation. I welcome H.E Kagame to Uganda. pic.twitter.com\/mIiqUk4qSv<\/p>\n<p>On his arrival at the Ugandan State House in Entebbe, Kagame was received by Maj Gen Jim Muhwezi, Uganda\u2019s Security Minister and Lt Gen Kainerugaba.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the evening, he attended a State Banquet hosted by his counterpart President Yoweri Museveni at the State House in honour of the birthday celebrations of Kainerugaba.<\/p>\n<p>Via his official Twitter account, Museveni announced that he had bilateral talks with Kagame.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also held bilateral talks with H.E President Paul Kagame on a number of issues, especially on regional peace, stability and cooperation. I welcome H.E Kagame to Uganda,\u201d the tweet read.<\/p>\n<p>Kagame last visited Uganda in March 2018, where he met with Museveni at the State House in Entebbe and had discussions about strengthening the bilateral relations between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting took several hours, as the two leaders looked into a number of issues of mutual interest including; railway connections, power supply lines, air transport operations, and security between the two countries and the region.<\/p>\n<p>The time that followed was marred by poor relations between the two states, something that arguably hindered such visits between the two heads of state until this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\">Rwanda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. President Paul Kagame and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni, on Sunday, April 24, held bilateral talks on a number of issues including regional peace, stability and cooperation. 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