Rwandan and Ugandan army officers paid their respects to those killed in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsis and rested at the Kigali Memorial located on Gisozi.
The Ministry of Defense of Rwanda on November 29, 2024 announced that these officers visited the Museum of the History of the Struggle to Stop the Genocide located at the Parliament in Gasabo District.
The soldiers who visited the memorial and this palace are the commanders of the Second Division of the Rwandan Army operating in the Northern Province and the Fifth Operating in the Eastern Province and the Second Division of the Ugandan Army. 'security.
When this three-day meeting began on November 28, Brig Gen Frank Mutembe, who leads the 2nd Division of the Rwandan Army, said that with the previous two, the problems faced by border residents were discussed.
Brig Gen Mutembe said, “These meetings are aimed at discussing the problems faced by border residents, including drug trade, illegal border crossing, smuggling and deforestation.”
Brig Gen Paul Muhanguzi, who was in charge of the Ugandan forces in Rwanda, thanked President Yoweri Museveni and Paul Kagame for agreeing to have meetings on both sides, pointing out that it is necessary to discuss the lives of the border residents.
Before the meeting started, these officers visited the district leaders of Musanze, Burera and Gicumbi, which share the border with parts of Uganda.
