Nile Post
by Muhamadi Matovu
Wednesday June 1, 2022
Uganda and Ethiopia government officials have discussed
various matters ranging from regional security, increasing coordination and how
to further strengthen the productive relationship and partnership between the
two sister nations.
This discussion took place during a meeting between the
minister for Defence and Veteran Affairs, Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja and the
Ethiopian Ambassador to Uganda, Alemtsehay Meseret at the ministry’s
headquarters in Mbuya.
Ssempijja assured Meseret and her delegation that Uganda and
Ethiopia enjoy historical and cordial relations which the government of Uganda
is committed to maintain.
The two sides pledged to further strengthen the brotherly
and productive Uganda-Ethiopia relations.
“As Pan-Africanists,
we have been very proud of Ethiopia and the developmental direction it has been
taking. We share a common vision concerning regional security and economic
development of the African people. This relationship and partnership should
continue,” said Ssempijja.
On her part, Meseret applauded UPDF’s efforts in pacifying
Somalia where the two countries are working together under the African Union
Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) and further assured the Minister that
Ethiopia will continue working with Uganda.
“We do not share borders but we have a lot that holds us
together and we shall continue working together,” Meseret said.