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UNCLAS KAMPALA 000253 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT PASS TO USAID AND OFDA 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: PHUM PREL UG SU CG
SUBJECT: UGANDA/DRC: MUSEVENI-KABILA MEETING COMMUNIQUE 
 
¶1.  Summary: The following is the verbatim English text of the 
communique from the meeting between Ugandan President Yoweri 
Museveni and Congolese President Joseph Kabila on March 4, 2008 on 
the Ugandan-Democratic Republic of Congo border at Kasese.  End 
Summary. 
 
¶2.  At the invitation of H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of 
the Republic of Uganda, to H.E. Joseph Kabila Kabange, President of 
the Democratic Republic of Congo, the two Presidents met at the 
common border between Uganda and the DRC on March 4, 2009. 
 
¶3.  President Kabila Kabange was accompanied by Minister of 
International and Regional Cooperation, Raymond Tshibanda; Minister 
of Hydrocarbon, Rene Isekemanga Nkeka; Minister of Foreign Affairs 
Alexis Thambwe Mwamba;, Minister of Defense, Charles Mwando Nsimba; 
Minister of Energy, Laurent Muzangiza; Minister of Public Works, 
Infrastructure and Reconstruction, Pierre Lumbi and senior 
government officials. 
 
¶4.  President Museveni was accompanied by Minister of Lands and 
Urban Development, Daniel Omara Atubo; Minister of Defense, Crispus 
Kiyonga; Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Hilary Onek; 
Minister of State for Energy, Simon D'Ujanga; Minister of State for 
Urban Development, Urban Tibamanya; Minister of Internal Affairs, 
Matiya Kasaija and senior government officials. 
 
¶5.  The two heads of State held a tete-a-tete meeting on issues of 
mutual interest and concern.  They reviewed the progress of 
implementation of the Ngurdoto-Tanzania Agreement (September 2007) 
and the decisions of the Munyonyo - Kampala (December 2007) and Dar 
es Salaam (May 2008) meetings.  They agree to expedite the 
implementation of their decisions. 
 
¶6.  The two presidents reiterated their determination to further 
strengthen cooperation between the two counties in all fields within 
the general framework of a Joint Permanent Commission. 
 
¶7.  They exchanged views on consolidation of relations between the 
two countries and in particular through cooperation in the areas of 
security, oil and gas development and exploitation, management of 
trans-boundary resources, regularization of cross border trade in 
minerals and power, development of cross border infrastructure, 
settlement and repatriation of refugees and upgrading and enhancing 
diplomatic representation by accrediting the Ambassadors to their 
respective embassies. 
 
¶8.  The two Heads of State underscored the need to maintain peace, 
security and stability in the Great Lakes Region in accordance with 
the objectives and principles of the Pact on Security, Stability and 
Development in the Great Lakes Region. 
 
¶9.  The Presidents further agreed to hold another meeting in the 
near future on a date to be determined through diplomatic channels. 
 
¶10.  At the end of their meeting, President Kabila Kabange and 
President Museveni expressed satisfaction with their meeting as 
expressed in this joint Communique. 
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