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Rwanda, Uganda agree to improve ties

Uganda and Rwanda have resolved to promote closer cooperation between the two countries. A meeting between Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and his Rwandan counterpart Pasteur Bizimungu in Kabale, southwestern Uganda, ended on Monday with the two leaders agreeing on the way forward to resolve outstanding problems between the two countries and to strengthen their alliance. According to a communique received by IRIN from the office of Uganda’s presidential press secretary, the two leaders also reaffirmed their full support for the Lusaka agreement and discussed how to bring about its timely implementation in order to establish peace and security in the region.

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