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 DIPLOMACY 

President Yoweri Museveni met and held talks with visiting South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at State House Entebbe on Tuesday.

The two leaders held "fruitful" discussions on bilateral relations, according to a communique issued by Museveni's press team.

They also talked about regional and continental issues of mutual interest.

Museveni and Ramaphosa "exchanged views on the peace and security situation in the region", the communique said.

They also "reaffirmed their commitment to working together in pursuit of sustainable peace, stability,and economic development on the continent".

Museveni is the current chair of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and of the G77+China, having assumed the double leadership in January this year during back-to-back summits of the two key global groups.

Ramaphosa arrived in Uganda on Monday for his two-day working visit and was received at Entebbe International Airport by Uganda's foreign affairs state minister (in charge of regional affairs) John Mulimba.

Below is the communique on Ramaphosa's official visit to Uganda:
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1. H.E. Mr Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa undertook a working visit to H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda, from 15 to 16 April 2024.

2. H.E. President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa was supported by Hon. Dr Naledi Pandor, the Minister of International Relations and Co-operation of the Republic of South Africa and Hon. Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, Minister in the Presidency.

3. H.E. President Yoweri Museveni was supported by Hon. Jason Marksen Oboth-Oboth, the Minister of Defence & Veteran Affairs, Hon. John Mulimba, the minister of state for regional affairs, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the Chief of Defence Forces and Uganda’s HighCommissioner to South Africa, Ambassador Paul Amoru.

4. H.E. President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa had a meeting with H.E. Yoweri KagutaMuseveni, President of the Republic of Uganda on 16 April 2024. The two heads of state held fruitful discussions on bilateral relations as well as regional and continental issues of mutual interest.

5. The two heads of state exchanged views on the peace and security situation in the region. They reaffirmed their commitment to working together in pursuit of sustainable peace, stability, and economic development on the [African] continent.

6. H.E. President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, of the Republic of South Africa, expressed his gratitude to H.E. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of the Republic of Uganda, for the warm reception and hospitality accorded to him and the delegation of the Republic of South Africa during the visit.

DONE AT ENTEBBE, UGANDA this 16th Day of April 2024.
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