Museveni meets Jack Straw
Jan 28, 2004
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni, currently on a three-day working visit to the United Kingdom, yesterday met the British Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Mr. Jack Straw, in London.
By Yunusu Abbey
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni, currently on a three-day working visit to the United Kingdom, yesterday met the British Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Mr. Jack Straw, in London.
The talks centred on the stabilising process in northern and eastern Uganda as well as the economy, particularly access for Uganda’s value-added products to international markets.
“Museveni and his host also discussed the building of democratic and constitutional governance,†a State House statement said. “The talks ranged from the Commonwealth, the peace processes in Burundi, the DR Congo, Somalia and the Sudan,†the statement said.
Museveni is expected to meet Rwandan president Paul Kagame, British Premier Tony Blair and the UK Secretary of State for International Development, Hillary Benn.
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni, currently on a three-day working visit to the United Kingdom, yesterday met the British Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Mr. Jack Straw, in London.
The talks centred on the stabilising process in northern and eastern Uganda as well as the economy, particularly access for Uganda’s value-added products to international markets.
“Museveni and his host also discussed the building of democratic and constitutional governance,†a State House statement said. “The talks ranged from the Commonwealth, the peace processes in Burundi, the DR Congo, Somalia and the Sudan,†the statement said.
Museveni is expected to meet Rwandan president Paul Kagame, British Premier Tony Blair and the UK Secretary of State for International Development, Hillary Benn.