Friday, September 6, 2024

The leaders of UPDF,KDF and RDF are meeting in Kigali to discuss me key issues in Security more especially fighting terrorism.



The top miltary leaders of the countries involved in the Northern Corridor Integration Projects (NCIP) which are Rwanda, Kenya and Uganda, met in Kigali, and assessed together the status of military cooperation.


This two-day meeting, which started on Thursday, September 5, 2024, is being held in Kigali, where the participants will see together what has been achieved in the projects agreed by these member countries.


Among the projects agreed by these three countries that should be examined in this meeting, include cooperation in preventing, dealing with and resolving riots and conflicts, preventing genocide, fighting terrorism, fighting and fighting against theft, cooperation in peace efforts, disaster risk reduction.



These countries have also agreed on other projects including how to handle military forces in times of conflict, tracking and combating the illegal proliferation of small and large arms, dealing with cross-border crimes, collecting and sharing information in espionage for the purpose of combating wrongdoing is done.


On behalf of the Minister of Defence, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Defence, Brig Gen Celestin Kanyamahanga; He said that this meeting aims to examine together the challenges and to look together at the achievements in the implementation of the decisions that have been taken.


He also took the opportunity to ask the participants of the meeting, to invite experts to show what should be done, in order to find a common solution to the current problems, in the interests of the member countries.


The participants of the meeting emphasized that cooperation in military activities is necessary, especially in joint military exercises, in the sharing of intelligence information, in research and development in the field of the military.



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