By Andrew Irumba
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and his counterpart Vladmir Putin of Russia have Wednesday October 23, 2019 discussed matters concerning security, technology plus relations between Uganda and Russia.
The two heads of state met at the ongoing Russia-Africa summit, held in Sochi state, Russia, where Putin is meeting African leaders and delegations from at least 54 states. While commenting about his meeting with president Putin, Museveni wrote thus on social media;
“Met with President Vladimir Putin, who I commend for hosting the Russia-Africa summit. It was long overdue. It will strengthen trade and bilateral relations between Africa and Russia. Russia and Africa have historical ties, when we were fighting for freedom, China and Russia supported us. Russia and Uganda are cooperating very well in the areas of Defence and Security. We are working on building workshops for maintenance and overhaul of equipment we get from Russia, like the aircrafts which will greatly reduce costs.”
He added that “President Putin and I discussed cooperation between our two countries in the areas of manufacture of human and livestock vaccines, explore space technology, construction, cyber technology and agriculture among others.President Putin and I discussed cooperation between our two countries in the areas of manufacture of human and livestock vaccines, explore space technology, construction, cyber technology and agriculture among others.”
The President of the republic of Uganda also noted that “Russia and Uganda are cooperating very well in the areas of Defence and Security. With support from Russia, we are working on building workshops for maintenance and overhaul of equipment like aircrafts.”
The Russia-Africa summit, the first of its kind in world history, continues tomorrow, after which president Museveni will fly back to Uganda.
