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Gotabaya Rajapaksa was  inaugurated as President of Sri Lanka on 16^th November, 2019

The Hon Minister of Foreign Affairs of Singapore, Dr Vivien Balakrishnan, has reiterated the commitment of his country to sharing development experiences with Uganda as its contribution to Ugandan efforts towards socioeconomic transformation.

Speaking to a hall packed with central and local government officials, ambassadors, parliamentarians, private sector leaders as well as local and international media representatives, Matia Kasaija has offered five solutions to Uganda's drive to accelerate the attainment of middle-income status as stipulated in Vision 2040.

The Attorney General of Uganda, the Hon William Byaruhanga, was among top global legal gurus who signed the UN Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation in Singapore on 7th August, 2019.

The President of Nepal, HE Madam Bidhya Devi Bhandari, has warmly welcomed Nepal-Uganda collaboration in empowering women and girls with special skills and knowledge so that they can start viable businesses for their empowerment. She has also warmly endorsed the proposal for the two friendly countries to collaborate in the promotion of tourism to their countries.

Over 1,000 world tourism and travel agents will gather in Kampala, Uganda at the biggest tourism event for the country organised by the Travel Agents Federation of India (TAFI).  Scheduled for the week running 2nd to 9th February, 2020, this mega conference will be opened by HE President Museveni, as Chief Guest

The Hon Sam Kutesa, Minister of State of Foreign Affairs, has congratulated Prime Minister Modi for securing a second time victory with a landslide win in last month's elections in India.

In the recently concluded Indian election featuring over 900 million voters, Narendra Modi rode back to power on the crest of a 65% landslide victory.

The Minister of Commerce, Industry and Civil Aviation of the Government India, has hailed trade as the bridge to global prosperity; and to reducing global inequalities.

The President of Singapore, Her Excellency Madam Halima Yacob, has asked the Government of Uganda to expedite the signing of two Memoranda of Understanding on Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) and Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) so that Singaporean investors and private sector can join Uganda in her struggle for socioeconomic transformation.

The President of Maldives has expressed a wish to visit Uganda as part of his familiarization tour of the Continent of Africa. HE Mr Ibrahim Mohamed Solih made these remarks while receiving credentials from the Ugandan President, HE General Yoweri  Museveni, accrediting Ms Grace Akello to Maldives as Uganda's Ambassador.

In line with the strategy of promoting regional industrial development in Uganda, the Uganda High Commission visited the National Small Industries Corporation Ltd (NSIC), a Government of India Enterprise

As Uganda's tourism attractions draw more and more people to the Pearl of Africa, government is keen to ensure that the sojourner to Uganda gets value for money before his travel to the country.

"It would be a failure by some of the political and intellectual classes not to know that, with modern economies, you cannot guarantee the prosperity of your people if you do not work for access to big markets." These were the words of President Yoweri Museveni during his keynote address at the first ever, Africa Now Conference, held in Kampala in early March, 2019. The President pointed to the great strides in economic growth which India and China had attained as a result of their accessing big markets.

Uganda's Mission in New Delhi, India has held its Second Uganda - India Business Conference in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata.