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PRESIDENT BUSH:
I want to welcome the President of Rwanda to the Oval Office again. He was here last year, and I'm honored to welcome you back. The President is -- he's a man of action, he can get things done. I'm proud of your leadership. We have talked about a lot of issues. We talked about the Sudan, and I want to thank the President for committing troops in the AU mission to help deal with what I have called a genocide. We strategized about how we can go forward to resolve the situation. I thank you for your wisdom, I thank you for your concern. One of the interesting things about President Kagame's government is there is more women in his government than anywhere else in Africa, which I think speaks to the man's character and understanding about how societies remain strong and whole. I appreciate his commitment to education. And I want to thank you, Mr. President, for your understanding that the best way for an economy to develop is to welcome private capital. He's been working hard with companies here in America. Many companies are taking a good look at Rwanda because they realize it's a country where they will be treated fairly and there is a transparent society and he's had some success, which will help people find work. And that's, to me, a sign of leadership. So welcome back. I, finally, want to thank you for your commitment to fighting HIV/AIDS. This government has done a really good job of using some of the monies that we provided to save lives. And I've always told people that it's one thing for the American government -- and the American people, more importantly -- to generously write checks to help, but it requires strong leadership at home. And you provided that leadership. So I welcome you back to the Oval Office and thank you for your friendship. PRESIDENT KAGAME: Thank you, President. It's a great honor for me to be here, President, and I appreciate the discussion we have had on a wide range of issues, starting with bilateral discussions we have had about United States government has been very helpful in its support of Rwanda in different areas -- dealing with HIV/AIDS, to supporting the private sector to invest in our country, to dealing with infrastructure programs. And also the support we have had during the period we were working under the African Union mission to send our troops to Darfur. The United States government, with your support, Mr. President, we have had our forces, our troops aided by the United States military to Darfur and continued support for the African Union mission. We are very grateful for generally the support in the area will bring peace to the Great Lakes region and to supporting the efforts in Sudan and, ultimately, that process of supporting my country to be able to develop and continue building on the foundation we have made in the last 12 years. So we appreciate that, Mr. President The Mulindwas Communication Group
"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie" |
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