Felix Tshisekedi received with great pomp by Yoweri Museveni in Entebbe - RFI

By RFPosted on 10-11-2019Modified on 10-11-2019 at 01:19

Your election is like a new era of hope in the Great Lakes region, it is the statement of Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the Ugandan president, on the occasion of the first visit to Entebbe of his Congolese counterpart Félix Antoine Tshisekedi. The Congolese president has invested his last months in the settlement of tensions between neighboring countries.

Parade of honor ... 21 guns ... Yoweri Museveni, the Ugandan president, came to welcome Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi, his Congolese counterpart. More than an hour of face-to-face interviews before extending this meeting to collaborators.

Both men had a lot to say to each other. On the menu, issues related to insecurity in the Great Lakes region. The two presidents, according to the final communiqué, decided to work together, " including with other countries " to " combat the negative forces in eastern DRC ".

So far, President Museveni was said to be reluctant to participate in the integrated staff and the formation of a regional force. Rwanda is pushing for this initiative and the two countries are at loggerheads. Felix Tshisekedi would have come to convince. The Congolese head of state has been trying for months to bring the two countries together. So far in vain.

Our countries have signed a bilateral agreement on the subject of Uganda and DR Congo. I thank His Excellency Tshisekedi for honoring my invitation and wish him a fruitful stay in Uganda. pic.twitter.com/gKdYBUwopu

But the two heads of state also talked about economic cooperation. They insist on the absence of roads ... Yoweri Museveni and Felix Tshisekedi announce having validated the project to build, in the next 24 months, more than 900 km of roads to facilitate trade between the two countries.

#RDC 09.11.19 #Ouganda #Entebbe Joint communiqué on the occasion of the state visit of His Excellency Felix Tshisekedi Tshilombo pic.twitter.com/VQlxYn2EkD

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