Uganda, N.Korea to sign defence pact

Mar 16, 2008

KAMPALA<br>North Korea’s number two leader is expected to sign trade and defence deals with Uganda where he is due to make a rare visit this month, the foreign affairs state minister said yesterday.

KAMPALA
North Korea’s number two leader is expected to sign trade and defence deals with Uganda where he is due to make a rare visit this month, the foreign affairs state minister said yesterday.

Kim Yong-nam, the president of the presidium of North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly, is expected on March 27.

“He is a visitor of the Government and we will enter a number of trade agreements because North Korea wants to open its markets to Uganda,” Henry Okello Oryem told Reuters.

Oryem said Uganda would start exporting goods such as mushrooms and silk to the Asian country, which has sent officials to help train the Ugandan police and presidential security staff.

North Korea is one of Uganda’s main suppliers of military hardware.

North Korea’s official KCNA news agency has said Kim also planned to visit Namibia and Angola.
- Reuters

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