{UAH} Tanzanian, Rwandan presidents to meet over diplomatic tension
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Posted Thursday, September 5 2013 at 12:56
Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame are scheduled to meet today in Kampala to defuse diplomatic tensions between the two countries.
Mr James Mugume, permanent secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told reporters in Kampala that the two leaders were scheduled to meet on the sidelines of a regional meeting aimed at stopping the escalation of fighting in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
"When you are the chairman, you take responsibility to ensuring that all the parties are happy, that you are able to generate consensus and move forward," Mugume said. "We are members of the Great Lakes region, what we are trying to do is to harmonize, resolve the issues so that we can get back on track."
The proposed meeting follows a request by Tanzania for Uganda to help ease diplomatic tensions between Tanzania and Rwanda.
While Mr Kagame arrived in Kampala last night, Col. Kikwete arrived this morning and the two are joined by other leaders from the Great Lakes region for a meeting taking place at the Commonwealth Resort Munyonyo, Kampala.
Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete urged the Rwandan government to hold talks with FDRL rebels as part of efforts to find a lasting peace solution to the fighting in the region. Kagame snubbed the advise maintaining that there was no way his government was going to sit down with the rebels linked to the 1994 genocide, in which more than 800,000 people were killed.
The FDRL rebels holed up in the east of the DR Congo since fleeing Rwanda have also caused tensions between the DR Congo and Rwanda.
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