POLITICS | PRESIDENT SALL | GEN MUSEVENI 

DAKAR - President Yoweri Museveni on Monday (February 14, 2022) travelled to the Senegalese capital Dakar on a one-day working visit at the invitation of his counterpart President Macky Sall.

The President and his host President Sall discussed a wide range of continental issues of mutual interest between the two countries of Uganda and Senegal. 

According to a State House release, President Sall who is the current Chairperson of the African Union and his guest President Museveni also discussed the security situation on the continent as well as the economic development of the African countries.

On Sunday, President Museveni was received on arrival at Leopold Sedar Senghor Military Airbase in the Capital Dakar by his host President Macky Sall.

President Yoweri Museveni in the Presence of the President of the Republic of Senegal Sonore Macky Sall was welcomed by Senegalese Government officials to Senegal at the Léopold Sédar Senghor Military Airport on February 14, 2022. (All Photo sby PPU/Tony Rujuta)

Others at the Military Base to receive President Museveni included the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ms. Aissata TALL SALL, the Minister of Defense Sidiki KABA, the Minister of Internal Affairs Mr. Antoine Felix DIOME and the Governor of Dakar Alhsane SALL.

After their meetings, President Yoweri Museveni was seen off by President of the Republic of Senegal Sonore Macky Sall at the Léopold Sédar Senghor Military Airport Dakar.

Over the weekend, Museveni was in Oyo Congo Brazavville where he joined several heads of State including President Felix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo of the Democratic Republic of Congo, President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe of the Republic of Togo and President Denis Sassou-Nguesso of the Republic of Congo at a mini-summit on Regional Peace and Security in Oyo, Congo Brazzaville.

President Yoweri Museveni and the President of the Republic of Senegal Sonore Macky Sall standing on the podium as the national anthems of both countries are being played at the Léopold Sédar Senghor Military Airport.

According to a final communiqué of the Oyo Mini-Summit on Peace and Security in Africa, the four Heads of State were essentially focused on the evolution of the political and security situation in the Great Lakes Region, Central Africa and Western Africa.

The Heads of State also referred to joint operations carried out by Uganda and the DRCs armies in the Eastern part of the latter, in order to eradicate rebels Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), Muslim Tabliq Movement (MTM) and the other negative forces which are threatening peace and stability in both countries.

“The four heads of State are delighted by the success already realized by the Ugandan and Congolese armed Forces. While congratulating, one more time, the salutary initiative taken by their Peers from Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the President of the Togolese Republic and the President of the Republic of Congo reiterated their full support to the military joint operations engaged by the two countries,” the communiqué states.

President Yoweri Museveni and President of the Republic of Senegal Sonore Macky Sall at the guard of honor at the Léopold Sédar Senghor Military Airport.

The Heads of State saluted and encouraged the joint approach taken by Uganda and Rwandese governments for the effective opening of their common boundaries.

On the situation in the Central African Republic, the four Heads of State saluted Angola, assuring the Presidency of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region and mediation efforts of h Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco.

They also talked with interest about holding the 10th summit of the Heads of State and government of the Framework Agreement for peace, security and cooperation for the Republic of Congo and the region scheduled on February 24th in Kinshasa.

The four heads of State reiterated their total support to the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) in the framework of measures taken towards Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso.