KAMPALA, Uganda
President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni has left the country to Rwandan capital, Kigali where he is set to attend this year’s Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) meeting.
“Heading for the Commonwealth
Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali, Rwanda,” Museveni tweeted on
Thursday morning with his picture boarding armored helicopter.
The Ugandan president is
expected to be received by his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, the host of
the meeting.
This is President Museveni’s
visit to Rwanda in over five years when the two neighboring countries had a
frost relationship which climaxed with the closure of the common borders among
them.
However, the relations were
eased earlier this year following efforts by the Commander of the Land Forces
in the UPDF, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba that included visits to Rwanda to meet
President Kagame on two occasions.
The normalization of the
relations between the two countries and heads of state has since seen President
Kagame visit Uganda but also hosted at Lt Gen Muhoozi’s birthday party at
Entebbe State House where President Museveni was also in attendance in April.
The two heads of state have
since then held several tete a tete meetings aimed at further
strengthening their relations.
By going to Rwanda for the
CHOGM meeting, President Museveni is seen by many as returning the favour after
his Rwandan counterpart attending his son’s birthday party in Entebbe in April.
After being postponed
twice due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Rwanda is finally hosting the
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali having kicked off
on June 20 and will end on 26.
At least 40 Heads of State and
government from Africa, Europe, Asia, the Americas, the Caribbean and the
Pacific are expected to attend the meeting.
Earlier on Thursday, President
Kagame received UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson for the CHOGM meeting.
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