The Permanent Secretary of Uganda’s Ministry of Defence, Ms Rosette Byengoma and her counterpart in Uganda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vincent Bagiire, jointly chaired a meeting of Permanent Secretaries, Defense Force Commanders and Senior Officers from the countries where the troops are stationed. Somalia in the African Union ATMIS mission.
In this meeting, technical reports were discussed for the implementation of the meeting of the presidents of the countries that have donated troops to the peacekeeping mission of the African Union in Somalia, which will be held tomorrow in Kampala.
The conference praised the countries that donated ATMIS troops, who were praised for playing an important role in the peace, security and stability of Somalia, and for taking part in political change, training and the liberation of areas controlled by Al-Shabaab.
The permanent secretaries underlined the need for joint regional efforts to combat the threat of terrorism.
“The threat of terrorism knows no borders, and it is the duty of the region to work together to fight it, and finally eliminate all terrorist groups and their allies,” said Mr Bagiire.
He emphasized the need to prepare together and in a timely manner for the ATMIS decommissioning process, and underlined the need to have the necessary resources to carry it out. reduction of forces.
