Uganda's foreign policy toward the eastern camp

Document Type : Brief summaries of Dissertations.

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Institute of African Research and Studies and Nile Basin Countries, Aswan

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The research deals with the study of Uganda’s foreign policy towards the eastern camp, where the eastern camp began to invade Africa culturally after many African leaders received from the sources of socialist thought, and communist countries such as China and the Soviet Union were keen to obtain a foothold in East Africa, especially in the seventies of the last century. The Soviet Union established diplomatic relations with Uganda in 1965, and opened an embassy for it in Uganda. The Prime Minister at that time, Milton Obote, announced that his country had adopted the direction of "non-alignment." Ugandan President Idi Amin came to power, The Soviet Union announced its support for the Amin regime from the first moment, and the foreign policy between Uganda and the Soviet Union remained in place for the longest possible time, and even the Soviet Union's support for the Idi Amin regime continued after it was besieged by the Western capitalist countries .

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