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Uganda-Rwanda Push Border Issue to Next Meeting

Both parties agreed that the issue of free movement of persons and goods and services across the common border and other outstanding issues shall be discussed in the next meeting to be held in Kampala after 30 days.
Officials who participated in talks
The talks between Rwanda and Uganda ended today with the two nations agreeing to treat each other’s citizens well.

However, the issue of opening the border and free movement of people has been pushed to the next meeting, which will happen in Kampala after 30 days.

In a communique, signed by Oliver Nduhungirehe, the Rwandan Minister of State in charge of the East African Community and Sam Kutesa, the Ugandan Minister of Foreign Affairs, both parties agreed that the issue of free movement of persons and goods and services across the common border and other outstanding issues shall be discussed in the next meeting.

This means the Gatuna border will remain closed for now. The talks were meant to operationalize the peace pact that President Yoweri Museveni and Paul Kagame signed last month in Luanda, Angola easing tensions between Kigali and Kampala. 

The communique shows that Rwanda provided a list of Rwandans detained in Uganda and that Uganda offered to verify the information for the purpose of processing those named through the due judicial process. Those found with no evidence of criminal conduct will be released immediately.

“Both parties agreed that due process will be followed in dealing with each other’s citizens. Both parties reiterated their commitment to refraining from any acts of destabilization against each other,” the communique read.

Also, they agreed to finalise the extradition treaty in order to provide a framework for the future exchange of criminal fugitives.

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