President Yoweri Museveni has urged the Turkish government to provide soft loans for infrastructure development especially in the roads and energy sector to accelerate development and strengthen economic ties.
He hailed the government of Turkey for supporting Uganda for the International Court of Justice, strengthening the relationship between the two countries by opening up a Turkish Airlines route to Uganda and for meeting the joint economic commitments agreed on.
The President said Uganda would be happy to support Turkey for the 2015 UN Security Council seat and 2020 Turkey Expo.
President Museveni was Thursday meeting President Abdullah Gul at the Presidential Palace in Istanbul, Turkey where he paid a courtesy call on him. The President is in Turkey to attend the 2nd Istanbul Conference on Somalia.
The conference held under the theme, "Preparing Somalia's Future: Goals for 2015," has attracted over 54 countries, representatives of the TFG in Somali, UN donors, private sector, civil society and the members of the diaspora.
On Somalia, President Museveni commended the government of Turkey for organizing the Somali conference, adding that the challenge now is that of unelected leaders who do not concentrate on uniting their country but instead concentrate on getting external sponsors to keep them in power.
"I'm glad the Prime Minister visited and spent a night there. At the conference we must work to seeing to it that there is transparency so that we can set the country on a fresh footing," he said.
President Gul pledged to follow up with a feasibility study on the dam projects, adding that Turkish companies will evaluate and assess the needs for such projects for the Turkish companies.
Source: AllAfrica
He hailed the government of Turkey for supporting Uganda for the International Court of Justice, strengthening the relationship between the two countries by opening up a Turkish Airlines route to Uganda and for meeting the joint economic commitments agreed on.
The President said Uganda would be happy to support Turkey for the 2015 UN Security Council seat and 2020 Turkey Expo.
President Museveni was Thursday meeting President Abdullah Gul at the Presidential Palace in Istanbul, Turkey where he paid a courtesy call on him. The President is in Turkey to attend the 2nd Istanbul Conference on Somalia.
The conference held under the theme, "Preparing Somalia's Future: Goals for 2015," has attracted over 54 countries, representatives of the TFG in Somali, UN donors, private sector, civil society and the members of the diaspora.
On Somalia, President Museveni commended the government of Turkey for organizing the Somali conference, adding that the challenge now is that of unelected leaders who do not concentrate on uniting their country but instead concentrate on getting external sponsors to keep them in power.
"I'm glad the Prime Minister visited and spent a night there. At the conference we must work to seeing to it that there is transparency so that we can set the country on a fresh footing," he said.
President Gul pledged to follow up with a feasibility study on the dam projects, adding that Turkish companies will evaluate and assess the needs for such projects for the Turkish companies.
Source: AllAfrica
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