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India’s vice-president visits Uganda, meets president

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Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari, left, meets with Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, right, at State House in Entebbe, Uganda Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. Ansari is on a three-day bilateral visit to the East African nation. (AP Photo/Ronald Kabuubi)

KAMPALA, Uganda – India’s Vice-President Hamid Ansari is meeting with Ugandan officials on the second leg of his African visit.

Ansari on Wednesday held talks with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and attended a business forum.

Ansari, who also visited Rwanda, is in Uganda on a three-day official visit at the invitation of Uganda’s government.

In a statement citing Nina Malhotra, joint secretary of India’s foreign ministry, Uganda’s government says the visit “is part of the conscious broadening of India’s diplomatic footprint in sub-Saharan Africa, especially in the Great Lakes region.”

India supports some development projects in Uganda, including a tele-medical centre at the national referral hospital that is connected to 11 hospitals in India.

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