President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has left for Sochi to attend the Russia-Africa summit.
The Summit will focus on actual and potential relations between Russia and the nations of Africa, in the political, economic, humanitarian, and cultural fields among others.
Slated to kickoff on the 23rd October 2019 at the Sirius Park of Science and Art, in the city of Sochi, the Summit will be co-chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President who is also African Union Chairman Abdel fattah el- Sisi.
Sochi is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the Black Sea coast near the border between Georgia/Abkhazia and Russia. It is 1359Km from Moscow, the Russian capital
The President was seen off by Min. for Presidency, Esther Mbayo, Head of Civil Service John Mitala, Commander Air Force Maj. Gen. James Lutaaya, Ass. Inspector General of Police, Andrew Sorowen and Com. for Prisons Johnson Byabasheija.
The summit comes on the heels of a deal between Uganda and Russia.
Last month, the two nations agreed to work together in the field of nuclear energy, the Russian nuclear agency Rosatom said Wednesday, as Moscow seeks to strengthen its influence in Africa.
Russia’s state-owned companies have been at a key part of the strategy to bolster Moscow’s presence on the continent.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s is seeking to use his country’s uranium deposits to develop nuclear power.
The agreement was by a Rosatom representative and Ugandan Energy Minister Irene Muloni on the sidelines of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s general conference in Vienna.
The deal “lays the foundation for specific cooperation between Russia and Uganda” in the field of nuclear energy, Rosatom said.
