India’s High Commissioner to Uganda, Upendra Singh Rawat, met Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in Kampala on Monday during a farewell courtesy call, with both sides reaffirming their appreciation for the longstanding India-Uganda partnership.
The High Commission of India in Uganda said the meeting also highlighted recent milestones in bilateral relations, including Ugandan Vice President Jessica Rose Epel Alupo’s participation in the BRICS Summit in New Delhi and the convocation at the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) campus in Jinja.
The meeting followed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s interaction with Vice President Alupo on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on September 13.
During their meeting, Modi and Alupo discussed ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation in areas including technology partnerships, capacity building, knowledge sharing, investment facilitation and private-sector collaboration.
They also discussed cooperation in healthcare, agriculture, digital technologies and capacity building, while emphasising the importance of India-Uganda people-to-people ties and development partnership.
Prime Minister Modi also reaffirmed India’s support for Uganda’s Vision 2040, which seeks to transform the country into a modern and prosperous economy.
The two leaders called for closer engagement between India and Uganda to strengthen the voice of the Global South in multilateral forums.
India and Uganda have longstanding bilateral ties spanning political, economic, defence, education, health and other areas. India’s Ministry of External Affairs notes that Prime Minister Modi visited Uganda in July 2018, while External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visited the country in April 2023. During Jaishankar’s 2023 visit, India and Uganda signed an agreement for setting up the first overseas campus of the National Forensic Sciences University in Jinja.
PM Modi had also referred to his 2018 Uganda visit and the Kampala Principles, which he said continue to guide India’s engagement with Africa.
-ANI
