KAMPALA, UGANDA – Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni welcomed his Togolese counterpart, President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, to State House Entebbe for mediation talks focused on the DRC peace process.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!President Gnassingbé’s visit marks a pivotal step in the ongoing peace efforts for the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as he leads the distinguished AU–EAC–SADC Panel of Facilitators on a critical working mission.
The high-level panel, a collaborative initiative of the African Union (AU), the East African Community (EAC), and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), represents a consolidated continental drive to resolve the protracted conflict.
The panel’s esteemed membership brings together a wealth of experience and diplomatic heft, including the former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria and Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya.
The attending leaders included H.E. Sahle-Work Zewde, President of Ethiopia; President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana; and former President Catherine Samba-Panza of the Central African Republic.
President Museveni underscored the panel’s crucial mission, warmly welcoming President Gnassingbé and affirming their unwavering collective aim to advance dialogue and build a foundation for lasting peace and stability in the region.
“I warmly welcome His Excellency Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, who is here on a working visit as part of this crucial panel. Our collective aim is unwavering: to advance dialogue and build a foundation for lasting peace and stability in our sister nation,” President Museveni remarked.
The closed-door deliberations at State House brought together a broad contingent of delegates from across the region, including representatives from Uganda, Kenya, Togo, Nigeria, and the Central African Republic.
The focus of the dialogue was to strengthen multilateral coordination and reinvigorate practical strategies for achieving a sustainable resolution to the instability in eastern DRC.
The outcome of the consultations is expected to inform the panel’s broader engagement with all parties to the conflict, reinforcing the African-led pursuit of a peaceful and prosperous future for the Great Lakes region.
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