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Museveni set to meet Trump
President Museveni is in New York, for the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly currently taking place at the UN Headquarters.
The UN General Debate will open on Tuesday, 19 September 2017 under the theme ‘Focusing on People: Striving for Peace and a Decent Life for All on a Sustainable Planet.’
Museveni is also scheduled to hold various high level engagements during his tour here ahead of his address to the UN, including a meeting with US President Donald Trump on the political Declaration on the UN reform and a circle of leadership High level meeting on the prevention of sexual abuse and exploitation hosted by the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
He will later hold a bilateral meeting with Guterres before addressing the Uganda Investment Conference of about 200 participants.
President Museveni will address the UN General assembly Tuesday night (10:00 -10:15 pm Ugandan time).
Soon after arrival on Sunday, Museveni met a delegation from Qatar Investment Fund, led by the CEO Sheikh Abdulla bin Mohammed bin Saud al-Thani at Park Hyatt Hotel .
He told the Qatar delegation that Uganda is fast becoming a middle-income country with vast investment opportunities in agro-processing, industrialization and the service based sector.
“Uganda is moving towards becoming a fast world country based on four sectors; commercial agriculture, industries, services and ICT,” he said.
The President said investment in the four critical areas including in ICT would promote industrialisation as Uganda moves to becoming a middle income country.
Sheikh Abdulla expressed interest to invest in infrastructure development projects in Uganda such as electricity, agro processing industries and the hospitality business.
The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) is Qatar’s state-owned holding company that is characterized as a National Wealth Fund. It specializes in domestic and foreign investment. The QIA was founded by the State of Qatar in 2005 to strengthen the country’s economy by diversifying into new asset classes.
Museveni also met South Sudan’s 1st Vice President, Taban Deng, and his delegation in New York on sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
