Rwanda's President Paul Kagame is in the country for a one day working visit days after President Museveni snubbed African Continental Free Trade Area Treaty meeting at the AU Summit in Kigali, Rwanda

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The two presidents discussed among others cooperation to enhance citizenry protection, institutional cohesion, further economic integration and refugee support.

“We discussed that issue (on Rwandan citizens being harassed) and the solution is close cooperation… The interests are clear, there are things Rwanda produces that we need here for example we have a huge iron ore mine in Kabale but in order to remove oxygen from iron ore you need gas,” President Museveni said

“There are so many things said out of context, we have agreed to have institutions on both sides (Uganda & Rwanda) work together to go deep down into the matter and get the right information… DRC is a big concern, you can see the spill over in Uganda and other neighboring countries. We should be moving faster or doing more relevant things to address these issues. It is part of our discussion with President Museveni. We need to work with the UN who have been there for a while to find out what is it we can do together to put an end to what is happenin,” President Paul Kagame said.

Rwanda-Uganda diplomatic tensions

President Museveni has also refuted reports that there is tension between Uganda and Rwanda.

“There’s no fundamental conflict between Rwanda and Uganda, we don’t even have a border problem like that of Kenya. When I met his excellency in Addis Ababa he gave me a list of facts [on Rwandans being detained in Uganda] and today I have been able to respond to all of them,” he said.

Foreign affairs officials of Rwanda and Uganda have committed to arrange a reciprical meeting in three months for President Museveni’s state visit