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Museveni, EU envoy for Great Lakes region discuss regional peace and security
A release from the Presidential Press Unit states that during the meeting, President Museveni reiterated his call for dialogue, describing it as the only viable solution to the longstanding conflict in eastern DRC.
President Yoweri Museveni meets a delegation of European Union representatives at State House, Entebbe. (PPU)
By: Admin ., Journalist @New Vision
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President Yoweri Museveni has held talks with the European Union Special Representative for the Great Lakes Region, Mr Johan Borgstam.
The meeting took place earlier today October 27that State House, Entebbe.
Top on the agenda was a discussion of regional peace and security, including the ongoing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
A release from the Presidential Press Unit states that during the meeting, President Museveni reiterated his call for dialogue, describing it as the only viable solution to the longstanding conflict in eastern DRC.
“The only solution is talk. Stop all these threats and wars and everything else and talk, because it is unfair that the people of Congo are suffering because of this stubbornness to refuse to talk,” President Museveni said.
A release from the Presidential Press Unit states that during the meeting, President Museveni reiterated his call for dialogue, describing it as the only viable solution to the longstanding conflict in eastern DRC.
“The only solution is talk. Stop all these threats and wars and everything else and talk, because it is unfair that the people of Congo are suffering because of this stubbornness to refuse to talk,” President Museveni said.
He emphasised that the Congolese people deserve peace and the opportunity to determine their future through peaceful political processes.
Mr Borgstam commended President Museveni for his leadership and experience in regional affairs, saying the EU delegation had come to seek his guidance on the challenges facing the Great Lakes region.
“We have come to seek your advice and get a full analysis from you as the regional father who is wise and experienced,” he said.
Dignitaries at the meeting included: Jan Sadek, the EU Ambassador to Uganda; Eole Sury, the Deputy Head of the EU Delegation to Uganda; and Mr Tristan Terryn, the Political Adviser to the EU Special Representative for the Great Lakes Region.
Mr Borgstam commended President Museveni for his leadership and experience in regional affairs, saying the EU delegation had come to seek his guidance on the challenges facing the Great Lakes region.
“We have come to seek your advice and get a full analysis from you as the regional father who is wise and experienced,” he said.
Dignitaries at the meeting included: Jan Sadek, the EU Ambassador to Uganda; Eole Sury, the Deputy Head of the EU Delegation to Uganda; and Mr Tristan Terryn, the Political Adviser to the EU Special Representative for the Great Lakes Region.