More Leaders Arrive In Uganda For NAM Summit

The President of Burundi, H.E Evariste Ndayishimiye, Central African Republic President, H.E Faustin–Archange Touadera and the President of Botswana, H.E Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi have today joined other Heads of State and High-level officials who are already in Uganda to attend the ongoing Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit.

Other Presidents, who are already in the country, are H.E Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa and H.E Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana.

The NAM summit, which is being held at Speke Resort Munyonyo, started on 15th January 2024 and it will end on 20th January 2024.

President Ndayishimiye was received at Entebbe International Airport by the Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Hon. Betty Ongom Amongi whereas H.E Touadera was received by the Minister of State for Lands in charge of Urban Development, Hon. Mario Kania Obiga. H.E Masisi was received by the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Hon. Judith Nabakooba.

The President of the Libyan Presidential Council, H.E Mohamed Yunus al-Menfi and the Vice Premier of the People’s Republic of China, H.E Liu Guozhong, are also in Uganda for the summit.

Other foreign delegates who are in the country for the summit include; Eswatini Kingdom Foreign Affairs Minister, Hon.  Thuli Dladla who was welcomed by the Minister for Kampala Capital City and Metropolitan Affairs, Hajjat Minsa Kabanda, the Prime Minister of Algeria, HE. Nadir Larbaoui, the Vice President of Türkey, H.E. Cevdet Yilmaz and Mali’s Minister of State- Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization, Col. Abdoulaye Maiga.