"Western countries have denied us access to their markets - deliberately"

Market access

President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda:

"Almost all African countries are pre-industrial," he says, paraphrasing the voice of the West: "You must stay producing the cocoa bean. I will process it for you. Stay in your place. Don't move up the value chain."

"The G8 countries should not assume they have an advisory role in Africa," he says, insisting African governments are capable of deciding themselves how to bring about development.

"Where we need assistance now - or at least not obstruction - is in two areas: cheap electricity and infrastructure.

Free trade is another key to African development, President Museveni says, insisting that "Western countries have denied us access to their markets - deliberately".

(Hervorhebung KDL)

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