The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has concluded his one-day official visit to Uganda at the invitation of President Yoweri Museveni.
Prime Minister Netanyahu, who arrived in the country Monday in the afternoon, was accompanied by his wife, Sarah Netanyahu, who were received at State House Entebbe by President Museveni and his wife and Education and Sports Minister, Janet Museveni.
During his stay in the country, Prime Minister Netanyahu held bilateral discussions with President Museveni at State House, Entebbe.
Addressing the media at the conclusion of the Prime Minister’s visit, President Museveni said that he, together with his guest, had had a long discussion on a number of issues of mutual importance between Israel and Uganda, especially in the area of defence and security, agriculture and industry.
President Museveni thanked Prime Minister Netanyahu for being a true friend and an ally of Uganda and also for being the only Israel Prime Minister to have ever visited Uganda a record five times.
On his part, Prime Minister Netanyahu said that Israel will never forget the historic friendship and bond between Israel, Uganda and the African continent as a whole that stretches for centuries. He said that his latest visit to Uganda is meant to open a new chapter in the relationship between Israel, Uganda and Africa.
“Israel is coming back to Africa and Africa is coming back to Israel and in a big way and that will start here in Uganda. I want to thank President Museveni for the support he has rendered to Israel in her attempt to revive their historically strong ties with Africa,” said Premier Netanyahu.
The two leaders also said that they had discussed and agreed on the need to start direct air flights between the two countries with the airlines of the two countries flying to each other’s capital. They also said they had explored the importance of opening foreign missions of the two countries with Uganda having a mission in Jerusalem while Israel will open the Kampala mission.