“Lack of communication” cited as source of problem

Meanwhile, diplomatic sources in Mwanza said the closed-door summit also aimed to reach an agreement on dealing with specific Rwandan and Ugandan officers considered to be largely responsible for fomenting the crisis between the two countries. “They isolated those individuals who are brewing trouble. There should be lots of changes in the coming days,” one source told IRIN on Sunday. The two leaders, who met with Mkapa for over two hours without aides, also pledged to reduce their troops deployed along their common border “to the extent that there has been any militarisation or military build” in the past week, Mkapa said.

Museveni also said he would look into reports of “harassment” of Rwandans living in Uganda, diplomatic sources told IRIN. Local news agencies last week reported that nine Rwandans had been arrested by Ugandan security forces in the border town of Kabale. Kagame and Museveni “sorted out most issues, which were blamed to a large extent on lack of communication between the two leaders,” one source said.