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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Kampala, Uganda's capital, in a two-day official visit.

The Iranian President received an official welcoming ceremony in the presence of Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni at the presidential palace.

During the presidential meeting, Ahmadinejad stressed, "All nations are entitled to nuclear energy meant for peaceful purposes and no one if allowed to deprive them of this inalienable right".

According to IRNA news agency, Iranian President added that Iran is now working on total nuclear disarmament, noting that the first countries to disarm are those stockpiling nuclear weapons and threaten others.

Ugandan President Museveni referred that the Iranian nuclear program fulfills all international treaties.

Before Uganda, Ahmadinejad visited Zimbabwe, signing eleven agreements with its president, Robert Mugabe, who revealed Zimbabwe's position as supporting to Iran's right to have a civilian nuclear energy program.