Tehran, April 25: Iran and Uganda have signed three documents to enhance cooperation in different fields following two rounds of talks between the presidents of the countries.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni signed the documents on Saturday in the Ugandan capital.
The first document is on cooperation in health and pharmaceuticals, the second on overseas aid programs while the third is a framework document, serving to oversee the implementation of other documents.
Iran and Uganda released a joint statement on Saturday, urging the use of resources in the two countries to increase mutual, regional and international cooperation.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ended his two-day visit to the African country on Saturday.
According to James Mugume, the permanent secretary of Uganda’s foreign ministry, Ahmadinejad and Museveni have also held talks on the development of Uganda’s oil industry.
During the visit, Ahmadinejad said the time of materialistic thought has ended, stressing that the world is on the threshold of big developments.
“Over the past 100 years, bullying powers have imposed an economic system on the world to plunder the assets of nations,” said Ahmadinejad on Saturday.
Uganda currently holds one of the Security Council’s rotating seats.
——Agencies