By RFIPalled on 21-08-2019Modified on 21-08-2019 at 23:09

After months of mutual accusations, Rwandan presidents Paul Kagame and Ugandan Yoweri Museveni signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday (August 21st) in Angola.

Charges of espionage, interference, political assassination. After months of intense tension that led, among other things, last February to the closure by Rwanda of the border between the two countries, Paul Kagame and Yoweri Museveni signed on Wednesday a memorandum of understanding in Luanda, the Angolan capital. A memorandum of understanding signed during a mini-summit at the invitation of President João Lourenço and in the presence of Congolese Felix Tshisekedi and his Congo-Brazzaville counterpart Denis Sassou-Nguesso.

The text of the memorandum has not been made public, but the tone of each other's statements after its signature is encouraging. " We agreed on a range of issues, " including improving " our security, trade and political relations ," says Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's Twitter account. He assures his country is " fully committed " to implementing this memorandum.

We have agreed on a raft of issues that will be implemented between our two countries, and our political and economic relations. Uganda is fully committed to enforcing this agreement. pic.twitter.com/Lv3hFIqjnD

Yoweri K Museveni (@KagutaMuseveni) August 21, 2019

" The agreement we signed today indicates the way forward to solve our problem, " said the Rwandan presidency. " We have come a long way, " she said, while insisting that " all " points of the agreement be respected.

President Kagame: I think it was a long way to go, I thought it was a long way

Presidency | Rwanda (@UrugwiroVillage) August 21, 2019

In short, the two neighboring Heads of State therefore commit to working together for their security and improving their political and economic relations.

Deleterious climate

In recent months, Rwanda and Uganda have vied mutual accusations. Rwanda accuses its neighbor of supporting rebel movements seeking to destabilize the power of Kigali. What denies Kampala, who regularly accuses Rwanda of attempted espionage .

A deleterious climate that has caused concern in the subregion. In the DRC in particular, where we know that the involvement of Uganda and Rwanda is essential to carry out the regional struggle against the armed groups that are raging in the east of the country and that the Congolese president calls for .

" Today is a great day for me, " said Felix Tshisekedi at the end of the signing ceremony of the memorandum. He commended the Ugandan and Rwandan presidents for " their greatness of mind in agreeing to see " their " conflict be put aside and privilege the best interests of our countries ".

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