By Our
Correspondent, Luanda ANGOLA
A Sunday
meeting between Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, and his Rwandan
counterpart, Paul Kagame, in Luanda Angola, has ended with resolutions to
release prisoners and promises by the two administrations not to support
"destabilisers" as well as protecting human rights.
It was also agreed that an ad Hoc team would meet
before the two heads of State meet again on February 21, at Katuna border,
according to a tweet by Don Wanyama, Museveni’s press secretary.
The meeting was convened to review the August
2019 peace pact that was signed by the two leaders in Angola.
The Sunday meeting was attended by, Felix
Tshisekedi, the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
DRC has been the overseer of the implementation of
the Luanda Memorandum of Understanding.
This month makes it a year since the dispute came
to the fore when Rwanda closed the Katuna border paralysing business and
movement between the country and Uganda.
Kigali accused Kampala of detaining her citizens
and supporting armed groups that want to overthrow the government.
Uganda said Rwanda had infiltrated her security
agencies.
Two meetings held between government officials –
one in Kigali in September and another in Kampala last December – were not
enough to resolve the dispute.
On Wednesday, Kagame addressed diplomats in Kigali
telling them that “he was not about to tell his citizens to return to Uganda
because he has no control over them while in Uganda”.
As the dispute raged, trade between the two
countries was the biggest victim. It’s estimated that Uganda has lost up to
$200 million (Shs735 billion) in potential earnings if the border was open.
Kigali has also lost some substantial amount of
money due to the standoff.
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