President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday held a meeting with the Chiefs of Defense Forces (CDFs) and Chiefs of Military Intelligence (CMI) of the partner States of the East African Region and those from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Republic of South Africa.

The meeting took place  at State House, Entebbe.

The regional partner States include Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.

President Museveni, who is also the current Chairman of the East African Community, discussed with the Defence Forces Chiefs a range of issues including a review of the status of security in the region as well as drawing strategies on how to defeat terrorism, particularly the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).

The meeting noted and welcomed the military offensive launched by the DRC Army against the ADF supported by the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) where necessary.

The meeting agreed to operationalize the joint follow-up mechanism established by the International Conference on Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) in order to coordinate information.

It was also agreed to continue engagement with all stakeholders in order to bring the terrorism menace to the end.