President Museveni said a larger regional force would be mobilised because East Africa cannot afford to have a security problem close to its borders.
President Yoweri Museveni has hinted at the possibility of deploying a large Ugandan force and troops to deal with the insurgency in the troubled Cabo Delgado region of Mozambique if the security problem is not resolved soon.
In a joint media briefing with Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi, who was on a three-day visit to Uganda starting April 27, President Museveni said a larger regional force would be mobilised because East Africa cannot afford to have a security problem close to its borders.
Uganda has been contributing military equipment since 2017 to support the Mozambican forces battling a group of jihadist terrorists in the northern part of the country.
“If the Cabo Delgado security problem is not solved, we will have to mobilise more and contribute even manpower,” President Museveni said.
“To have a group destabilising Nyasa, Cabo Delgado; that’s not acceptable. East Africa will have to do something like we have done in Congo now.”
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