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Subject: Only Dialogue Will Stop Kony, Says Diplomat


Only Dialogue Will Stop Kony, Says Diplomat


    
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The Monitor (Kampala)

October 6, 2003 
Posted to the web October 6, 2003 

Patrick O. Jaramogi
Kampala 

Dialogue not war will end the northern insurgency, the new German ambassador has said.

"I sincerely hope that in the end dialogue will prevail over the military option," Mr Alexander Mühlen told guests at his Kololo residence to mark his country's 13th unification anniversary at the weekend.


Mühlen said that countries split for many reasons. "There may be a territorial split or dispute," he said.

He said that a country may split due to ethnic strife, rebellions and dictatorships, which disunite people.

"Germany, during its long and controversial history, suffered many centuries and epochs of deep and painful division," the ambassador said.

He added that the Germans have since managed to get reunited and now live in unity through diversity.

He said Germany has many federal states, religious communities, cultural and linguistic regions.

"In this regard, Uganda and Germany share the experience of overcoming such dictatorships and coming to grips with their devastating effects," he said.

"Let me express my expectation that the feeling of being a Ugandan will help you overcome whatever brutal and criminal factions still existing mainly in the north of your country," he said.

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