LUANDA, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame have signed on Wednesday, in Luanda, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cease the hostolities between the two central African states.
The agreement was signed during a quadripartite Summit which also joined the host Angolan President Joao Lourenco and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) leader Felix Tshisekedi.
On the occasion, the Angolan president highlighted the importance of the understanding reached by the neighboring countries Rwanda and Uganda.
This is the second meeting of its kind that the Angolan capital hosts in less than two months, bringing together the four cited Heads of State after their last meeting held on July 12 this year.
Instead of further discussions on regional security issues, the Wednesday's meeting was designed to allow the four statesmen to witness the signing of the documents that formalize the first consensus reached at their previous meetings, and based on the decisions taken at N'Sele mini-summit held outside Kinshasa (DRC) last May 31.
Uganda and Rwanda have since late February had a border hitch with Rwanda, accusing Uganda of harboring its dissidents and also incarcerating its citizens who visit the country. Rwanda urged its citizens not to cross the border into Uganda.
Both Uganda and Rwanda denied these accusations.
Specifically, the legal instruments signed in Luanda seal the understanding reached between Uganda and Rwanda to overcome the tension that has characterized the relations between the two neighboring countries whose animosity has a strong impact on the security situation of also neighboring the DR Congo.
The republic of Angola and the DR Congo facilitated the process.
Relations between Rwanda and Uganda have turned hostile in recent months. The two countries have been making mutual allegations of espionage, political assassinations and meddling.
