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The Rwandan Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Friday the reopening, in three days, of the main border post with Uganda. Closed since February 2019, Gatuna is an important land trade route.
The thaw in relations between the two East African neighbors is materializing. Rwanda announced on Friday, January 28, the reopening, on January 31, of the main border crossing with Uganda, closed since February 2019.
This announcement comes less than a week after the visit of the Ugandan President’s son, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, to Kigali. The latter and the Rwandan President, Paul Kagame, have shown their desire to “restore” bilateral relations.
“After the visit to Rwanda by General Muhoozi Kainerugaba (…) on January 22, the government of Rwanda took note that there is a process to solve the problems raised by Rwanda, as well as commitments from the government of Uganda to remove the remaining obstacles,” said the Rwandan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a press release published early Friday morning, formalizing the reopening of the border post between the two states.
Hope for normalization of relations
“The government of Rwanda remains committed to the ongoing efforts to resolve the outstanding issues between Rwanda and Uganda and believes that today’s announcement will positively contribute to the rapid normalization of relations between the two countries,” concludes the text.
No official comment was immediately available on the Ugandan side, but General Muhoozi and the Ugandan government notably relayed the Rwandan press release on their official Twitter accounts.
Rwanda had abruptly closed the Gatuna border post – called Katuna in Uganda – in February 2019, cutting off an important land trade route, amid growing tensions between the two countries. Kigali accused Uganda of kidnapping its nationals and supporting rebels seeking to overthrow Paul Kagame.
Kampala, for its part, accused Rwanda of spying and killing two men during an incursion into its territory in May 2019, which Kigali disputed.
Chief intelligence officer sacked
Shortly after the meeting between General Muhoozi and Paul Kagame, Yoweri Museveni, the Ugandan President, announced the replacement of the powerful head of military intelligence, Abel Kandiho, in office since 2017, officially within the framework of a “routine transfer and reassignment,” according to a Ugandan government spokesman.
In recent years, Rwandan officials had accused Kandiho of collaborating with dissidents to kidnap Rwandan citizens in Uganda. He was also subject to US sanctions because of his alleged involvement and that of his services in serious human rights violations.
Paul Kagame and Yoweri Museveni were close allies during the 1980s and 1990s, in the conquest of power in their respective countries, before becoming fierce rivals.
With AFP
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