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The European Corporate Council on Africa and Middle East (ECAM) has applauded President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for welcoming refugees from various African countries and elsewhereduring a dinner organized by ECAM on Monday January 29, 2024, in Roma Italy.

At a luncheon held by ECAM on Monday, January 29, 2024, in Roma, Italy, the European Corporate Council on Africa and the Middle East (ECAM) praised President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for embracing migrants from many African countries and other places.

This was during a dinner organized by ECAM on Monday January 29, 2024, in Roma Italy.

During the dinner, ECAM awarded President Museveni with a Social and Economic Commitment Award.

The Award was received by Robbina Nabbanja the prime Minister of Uganda on President’s behalf.

“I received the award on behalf of the President at a dinner organized by ECAM,” Nabbanja stated.

The event was also attended by Heads of State and Government, including Kenya’s President H.E. William Ruto, and Somalia’s President H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud among others.

Nabbanja, who represented the President at the Italy-Africa Summit, delivered the President’s message, in which he called for strong partnerships between Africa and the rest of the world.

He added that the summit allowed participants to discuss a number of important issues, including migration and Africa’s right to development, the eradication of structural poverty in developing countries, and the opening of markets to developing-country products.

At the summit the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni unveiled her government’s plan to boost economic cooperation with Africa.

During the summit, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni opened a much-awaited Italy-Africa summit aimed at unveiling concrete projects of her ambitious plan to reset the relationships between Rome and the African continent, curbing illegal migration flows and turning Italy into a hub of energy supplies from Africa to Europe.

Uganda was one of the first countries to sign onto last year’s New York Declaration on Refugees and Migrants. Member states committed to developing a more comprehensive response to assisting refugees, to include humanitarian and development organizations, the private sector, host countries and the refugees themselves.

The High Prime minister said support for Uganda, which already maintained an inclusive refugee policy, is critical to “show that this model can work.” He said the world should not take Uganda’s generosity for granted “but instead, reinforce and nurture it, so that it may continue to flourish.”