PRESIDENT MUSEVENI, EU ENVOY FOR GREAT LAKES REGION DISCUSS REGIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni today met the European Union Special
Representative for the Great Lakes Region, Mr. Johan Borgstam, at State
House, Entebbe, where they discussed regional peace and security,
including the ongoing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
(DRC).

During the discussions, President Museveni reiterated his call for dialogue,
describing it as the only viable solution to the longstanding conflict in
eastern DRC.

“The only solution is talk. Stop all these threats and wars and everything
else and talk, because it is unfair that the people of Congo are suffering
because of this stubbornness to refuse to talk,” President Museveni said.
He emphasised that the Congolese people deserve peace and the
opportunity to determine their future through peaceful political processes.

Mr. Borgstam commended President Museveni for his leadership and
experience in regional affairs, saying the EU delegation had come to seek
his guidance on the challenges facing the Great Lakes region.

“We have come to seek your advice and get a full analysis from you as the
regional father who is wise and experienced,” he said.
The meeting was also attended by H.E. Jan Sadek, the EU Ambassador to
Uganda; H.E. Eole Sury, the Deputy Head of the EU Delegation to Uganda;

and Mr. Tristan Terryn, the Political Adviser to the EU Special
Representative for the Great Lakes Region.