Museveni, UN boss discuss peace and stability

President Yoweri Museveni and the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, have held talks on the sidelines of the 30th African Union Heads of State summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

They discussed peace and stability in the Great Lakes Region and the reforms being undertaken by the United Nations, especially on the peacekeeping front.

On the question of achieving peace and stability in South Sudan, President Museveni reiterated his position that leadership legitimacy must be derived from the people, saying the country must organise elections.

"It is the population which can hold leaders accountable. They should hold elections for this to happen," Museveni said.

On his part, Guterres said he would rally the international community to offer more support to the African peacekeeping mission in Somalia, AMISOM.

"We want the peace missions to be agile, effective with better intelligence and better movement," said the secretary general. "We must also have an exit strategy for our missions."

Museveni advised that the reforms should emphasise the need for the missions to work closely with the communities they serve.