President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa for the 10th Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Framework Agreement for Peace, Security, and Cooperation for the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Region.
At Kinshasa International Airport, the President was accompanied by the former Prime Minister and head of the African Global Security Foundation, a continental security Think-Tank Amama Mbabazi, who was welcomed by the DRC Deputy Prime Minister Jene Sama Lukonde, the Minister of Sports Serge Conde, and Security Chiefs.
Museveni joined his counterparts, Republic of Congo Brazzaville President Denis Sassou-Nguesso and President of Angola Joao Manuel Gonçaves Laurenço.
The meeting is expected to attract Heads of State and representatives from the 13 countries under the Great Lakes Region including Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo Brazzaville, Ethiopia, Gabon, South Africa, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Zambia, Tanzania, and Uganda.
The summit will also see Museveni hand over the chairmanship of the Mechanism to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Felix Tshisekedi Tshilombo.