Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni will set foot in Rwanda on Friday to start his four-day state visit and will join Rwandans in the monthly communal work (umuganda) this Saturday.
President Museveni will be accompanied by other Uganda government officials including the Foreign Affairs Minister, Sam Kutesa.
In a statement released by the Rwanda Foreign Affairs Ministry, Minister Louise Mushikiwabo explains, “Uganda and Rwanda enjoy strong and historical ties, including shared membership in the East African Community as well as the Commonwealth; and we are constantly looking for ways the people of our two countries can continually benefit from that relationship.”
The statement also says that the visit aims at advancing the ongoing multi-sectoral cooperation between Rwanda and Uganda.
The statement also reveals that prior to the state visit, there will be a two-day Joint Permanent Commission (JPC) meeting led by the Foreign Affairs Ministers, Louise Mushikiwabo of Rwanda and Sam Kutesa of Uganda.
The meeting will rotate on the existing areas of trade, customs, security, infrastructure and ICT in order to seek possible ways of enhancing its mutual understandings.
On the first day, President Museveni will meet with Kagame and both Foreign Ministers to validate the recommendations of the meeting.
President Museveni will then visit the recently established Free Trade Zone, and will meet Ugandan Community in Rwanda in a joint press conference together with President Kagame.
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