Uganda signs raft of deals with North Korea
Reuters, 30/03/2008
Uganda has signed several co-operation agreements with North Korea in areas ranging from herbal medicine to policing, the Ugandan government has said.
The deals followed a rare three-day visit to the east African country by Pyongyang's number two leader Kim Yong-nam.
A planned news conference was cancelled, but a statement from President Yoweri Museveni's office late on Saturday said the two nations would now work together in various fields.
"Uganda and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea are to exchange teachers, researchers and technical knowledge. The two countries are to cooperate in herbal medicine," it said.
"The two governments also agreed to attend each other's trade fairs. Korea will cooperate with Uganda in the building of small ships to ply Lake Victoria. They also agreed to cooperate in police service."
Uganda has said it wants to start exporting goods like silk and mushrooms to the Asian country, which has helped train Ugandan police and presidential security officers in the past.
Pyongyang is also one of Kampala's main suppliers of military hardware.
Uganda has signed several co-operation agreements with North Korea in areas ranging from herbal medicine to policing, the Ugandan government has said.
The deals followed a rare three-day visit to the east African country by Pyongyang's number two leader Kim Yong-nam.
A planned news conference was cancelled, but a statement from President Yoweri Museveni's office late on Saturday said the two nations would now work together in various fields.
"Uganda and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea are to exchange teachers, researchers and technical knowledge. The two countries are to cooperate in herbal medicine," it said.
"The two governments also agreed to attend each other's trade fairs. Korea will cooperate with Uganda in the building of small ships to ply Lake Victoria. They also agreed to cooperate in police service."
Uganda has said it wants to start exporting goods like silk and mushrooms to the Asian country, which has helped train Ugandan police and presidential security officers in the past.
Pyongyang is also one of Kampala's main suppliers of military hardware.