e in four years, weeks after deadly riots engulfed Kampala.President Yoweri Museveni and King Ronald Mutebi of the Baganda group held an hour of talks behind closed doors. Both men said the meeting went well.
The king's supporters rioted on 11 September after the government tried to stop the monarch from visiting them.
More than 20 people died in clashes between protesters and security forces.
The BBC's Joshua Mmali, in the capital, Kampala, says officials insisted before the meeting that the two men would not discuss politics - because the king is a cultural leader, not a political one.
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