Uganda's President in Israel, visits the Golan, holy sites

The Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon yesterday received Uganda's President Yuri Mouso\vini, who arrive in Israel on Monday in the first visit of its kind for a Ugandan president to Israel since decades.

Earlier, the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu held talks with Mousivini.

The Israeli ambassador in Kenya, Yakov Eimtie, who is also in charge of Uganda's affairs said the two sides also "discussed relations between the two countries, the situation in the region and cooperation in the area of fighting terrorism."

During his visit, Mousibini will visit the holy sides in the eastern sector of Jerusalem including the "wailing war." The Ugandan President will also visit Israeli factories including plane making factory. Tomorrow, the Ugandan president will visit the occupied Syrian Golan heights and visit the place where Christ was Baptized on the Jordan river, before he will leave Israel on Saturday.

Uganda and Israel have resumed their diplomatic relations in July 1994 after it was severed by former President Eidi Ameen Dada, Mousivini's predecessor for 22 years.

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