Netanyahu announced during his visit to Uganda that he hopes to have good news for Israel by the end of the day.
By World Israel News Staff
On a one-day visit to Uganda, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara were welcomed by President Yoweri Museveni and his wife, Education Minister Janet Museveni, at the Entebbe Presidential Residence.
Earlier, the Israeli leader and his wife were met at the airport by Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda and his wife Jocelyn.
Netanyahu wrote in the guestbook, “To President Yoweri Museveni and First Lady Janet, Many thanks for your incomparable hospitality and friendship – to us and to the State of Israel. We are deeply moved and deeply grateful.”
Netanyahu and Museveni discussed strengthening bilateral cooperation in a broad range of areas: Civilian, economic, health, water, energy, communications and agriculture.
The prime minister has made improving ties with African nations a priority over the last few years.
“Israel is making a big return to Africa, and Africa has already returned to Israel. These are important ties politically, economically and in terms of security,” Netanyahu said before he headed to Uganda, adding that he hopes to have good news for the State of Israel by the end of the day, referring to the possible opening of Uganda’s embassy in Jerusalem.
In Feb. 2017, five African heads of parliament came to Israel to take part in a historic three-day parliamentary seminar at the Knesset, one of the largest conferences of parliaments heads ever held at the Knesset.
The African leaders included those from Ghana, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.
内塔尼亚胡在访问乌干达时宣布，他希望到今天结束之前对以色列有个好消息。
以色列世界新闻社
在对乌干达的一日访问中，总理本杰明·内塔尼亚胡和他的妻子萨拉在恩德培总统府受到了总统约韦里·穆塞韦尼和他的妻子教育部长珍妮特·穆塞韦尼的欢迎。
早些时候，以色列总理鲁哈卡纳·鲁甘达总理和他的妻子乔斯林在机场会见了以色列领导人和他的妻子。
内塔尼亚胡在来宾簿中写道：“致亚韦里·穆塞韦尼总统和第一夫人珍妮特，非常感谢您对我们和以色列国的无与伦比的款待和友谊。我们深受感动，并深表感谢。”
内塔尼亚胡和穆塞韦尼讨论了在广泛领域中加强双边合作：平民，经济，卫生，水，能源，通讯和农业。
在过去几年中，总理把改善与非洲国家的关系作为优先事项。
以色列正在重返非洲，非洲已经重返以色列。内塔尼亚胡在前往乌干达之前说：“从政治，经济和安全角度而言，这些都是重要的联系。”在耶路撒冷。
2017年2月，五个非洲议会首脑来到以色列参加在以色列议会举行的为期三天的历史性议会研讨会，这是以色列议会有史以来规模最大的议会首脑会议之一。