Henry Mukasa
8 July 2009
Kampala — President Yoweri Museveni yesterday received the President of Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, who was on a one-day working visit to Uganda.
According to a statement issued by State House, the meeting took place at State House, Nakasero. Sharif was accompanied by the deputy prime minister and finance minister, Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan and transport minister Ali Ahmed Jamac.
"The President and his guests discussed bilateral issues. They reviewed the situation in Somalia and other regional matters," the statement said. The state minister for international affairs, Okello Oryem and the principal private secretary to the President, Amelia Kyambadde, attended the meeting.
Uganda and Burundi are the only African countries which contributed peace-keeping troops to the war-torn-country under the Africa Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM).
According to agency reports, before coming to Uganda, Sharif held talks with Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi. "The two sides discussed how to mobilise the international community to support peace efforts in Somalia, a senior Ethiopian foreign affairs official told journalists.
Foreign terrorist groups have increased pressure on the Somali government and AMISOM, the official said. The officials said the government was drumming support from the international community, saying the problem was beyond its capacity.
The international community, foreign media have said, seem to have understood the depth of the situation and has started to take the Somali conflict more seriously.
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