In a move to further mend frosty relations between the two countries, President Paul Kagame received a special message from his Ugandan counterpart President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.
On Sunday evening, Kagame held a “positive” meeting with Ambassador Adonia Ayebare, President Museveni’s Special Envoy, who traveled to Kigali with a message regarding the two countries’ relationship, a statement from President Kagame’s office said.
The two countries have had sour relations since 2017. Rwanda accuses Uganda of torturing its citizens.
In December 13, the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Commission on the Implementation of the Luanda Memorandum of Understanding between Rwanda and Uganda took place in Kampala, Uganda.
Rwanda’s delegation was led by the State Minister for Foreign Affairs in charge of East African Community (EAC), Amb. Olivier Nduhungirehe, while the Ugandan delegation was led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sam Kutesa.
At the meeting, Rwanda presented 7 key issues which it said Uganda should respect in order to solve the issues between the two countries.
These include lack of Commitment, where Rwanda said that there has been lack of commitment by Uganda in the implementation of the Luanda Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and the Kigali Communiqué issued in September this year in the capital Kigali.
At the meeting, Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe said that instead of working on the recommendations of the agreement, Rwanda has seen an escalation on the most contentious issues that Rwanda has repeatedly raised, with Uganda and with the facilitators.
