China-Uganda Ties: Interview with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni
Updated 17:06, 09-Jul-2019
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's visit to China coincided with the inaugural of the first China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo. President Xi Jinping met him for bilateral talks in Beijing. CGTN reporter Su Yuting sat down and spoke with Museveni for more on China-Africa cooperation.
SU YUTING BEIJING Q1: "What is your expectation about for the future development of cooperation between China and Uganda, and also cooperation between China and Africa?"
YOWERI MUSEVENI UGANDAN PRESIDENT "What I told the people was that in the modern economy, you have two players, the producer and consumer. If you have a producer, but you don't have a consumer, the business will collapse. Therefore, it's very important for China and Africa, and all the people in the world who know what they are talking about that we promote international trade. It is important for all countries to understand that dynamic of prosperity through trade, it's mutual support."
SU YUTING BEIJING Q2: "What do you think are the new changes and opportunities the implementation of the initiatives has brought to Uganda and the whole African continent?"
YOWERI MUSEVENI UGANDAN PRESIDENT "If you read through my speech, I talked about those eight initiatives. One I can remember is the infrastructure connectivity. That's what President Xi Jinping called it. But it has been on the bottleneck, one of the blockages for Africa's development, lack of roads, lack of the railway system, lack of electricity, and that was one of the targets of President Xi Jinping's proposal last year. In the case of Uganda and East Africa, Chinese are working with us, to develop the railway system, the modern railway, the Standard Gauge Railway and also electricity, we have done two dams with China. So it's moving very well."