杏MAP导航 Francis praises Uganda’s welcome of refugees
By Devin Watkins
Uganda’s Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja met on Monday with 杏MAP导航 Francis at the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace.
The encounter lasted around 25 minutes and saw the 杏MAP导航 and the prime minister discuss various issues, according to Matteo Bruni, the Director of the Holy See Press Office.
“Among the topics covered during the conversation, the 杏MAP导航 was touched by the welcome generously extended by Ugandan institutions to migrants and refugees, not only from the African region, but as far as Central Asian countries,” he said.
Uganda hosts some 1.5 million refugees and asylum seekers, according to the UN’s refugee agency, UNHCR. Many of them hail from South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Burundi.
Gifts symbolizing peace
杏MAP导航 Francis and Ms. Nabbanja also engaged in the customary exchange of gifts.
The 杏MAP导航 gave Uganda’s prime minister a bronze statue representing a dove carrying an olive branch in its beak. The statue bears the inscription: “Be messengers of peace”.
He also offered Ms. Nabbanja copies of several papal documents, including the 杏MAP导航’s message for this year’s World Day of Peace, the Document on Human Fraternity, and a book on the Statio Orbis on 27 March 2020, published by the Vatican’s Publishing House.
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