President Yoweri Museveni has congratulated Joe Biden and his Vice President -elect Kamala Harris upon their election as the next United States of America President and Vice President respectively.
Democrat Biden won the White House race after defeating incumbent, Republican Donald Trump in a tight race.
In a statement, President Museveni says he looks forward to continued relations between Uganda and the US.
“President-elect of the USA, congratulations and greetings from the people of Uganda. The USA, with its big black population of 47.4 million people, as well as a large Christian population that are linked with us by faith, with deep thinking, could easily be a natural ally of Uganda and Africa,” Museveni said on Sunday afternoon.
He emphasized the cordial relations between the US and Uganda that he said should continue to flourish during the new administration in the US.
“The previous American Presidents have already started on positively using these linkages by putting in place the African Growth And Opportunity Act (AGOA) – a law that, since 18th May 2000, has been giving 6,500 types of African goods, quota-free, tax- free access to the USA market. We salute this policy and hope that President Biden will maintain it.”
He joins a host of other global leaders who have sent in congratulatory messages to the new US leader.
