President Museveni and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame are today, Sunday expected in Angola after efforts to bring a lasting solution to the cold relations between the two neighbouring countries.
According to a statement by the Angolan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, both heads of state will be in the Angolan capital, Luanda on the invitation of President João Lourenço for talks.
DRC has been the overseer of the implementation of the Luanda Memorandum of Understanding.
Uganda’s permanent representative to the United Nations Ambassador Adonia Ayebare tweeted on Saturday morning that he was “In Angola to attend this important meeting”.
Rwanda’s Minister of State for East African Affairs Ambassador Olivier Nduhungirehe said “with good faith and resolve, we can end this crisis.”
This month makes it a year since the dispute came to the fore with Rwanda closing its Katuna border with Uganda.
Kigali accused Kampala of detaining her citizens and supporting armed groups that want to overthrow the administration there.
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, Mr 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 their while in Uganda”.
As the dispute raged on, trade between the two countries was the biggest victim. Uganda lost up to USD 200m (Shs735 billion) in potential earnings if the border was open.
Kigali has lost some money too but not to the extent of Uganda.
