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Presidential mini-summit to reassess alliance

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    The Ugandan and Rwandan Presidents, Yoweri Museveni and Paul Kagame, are scheduled to hold a meeting on Sunday (14 May). “The programme indicates that the two leaders will meet this Sunday, but I don’t have the details of the meeting yet,” Hope Kivengere said on Monday. On the Rwandan side, the meeting was confirmed by Rwandan army spokesman and special assistant to the Rwandan President Major Emmanuel Ndahiro. “Yes, tentatively the two presidents will meet on 14 May,” Ndahiro said, hastening to add that this me eting had been planned before the Kisangani fighting. Diplomatic sources told IRIN that the meeting will focus on Kisangani and the future of the severely-strained alliance between the two countries. “As of now there is no relationship to talk about. The Sunday meeting will decide the future of the Ugandan-Rwandan alliance. We expect frank talk from both leaders,” a prominent diplomat in Kampala told IRIN.

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