President Meet Afro-Arab Youth Council Executive Members

The President, who is the Patron of the Afro-Arab Youth Council, made the comments when he received and met the delegation  at State House, Nakasero, who were led by Dr. Abdulhadi Elhwig.

The delegation’s main purpose of meeting the President was to consult him ahead of preparations for the 3rd General Assembly of the Afro-Arab Youth Council Summit that is slated to take place in Kampala in August this year. The 2nd General Assembly of the organization last took place in Kampala in 2008.

The leader of the Afro-Arab Youth, Abdulhadi Elhwig, on his part, saluted President Museveni for the immense support to the group during the 2008 Summit in Kampala that was also attended by the late President Muammar Gaddafi of Libya. He observed that the event, attended by 5,000 delegates, was a big success.

He further thanked the President for accepting to host the Summit in Kampala in August this year. The event will coincide with the International Day of the Youth at which over 50 countries would be represented.