Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said his country would halt security and military cooperation with North Korea, a South Korean official said following a summit in Kampala between Museveni and South Korean President Park Geun-hye. This is the first visit by a South Korean president since the two countries established diplomatic ties in 1963. Uganda and South Korea have signed cooperati…
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“We are disengaging the cooperation we have with North Korea as a result of United Nations sanctions”, Kutesa said. Uganda and South Korea have signed c…
The African country has maintained military cooperation with the isolated North, with dozens of North Korean military and police officials believed to be working in Uganda as military trainers.
South Korea’s president Park Geun-hye is driven away in a auto after arriving at the airport in Entebbe, Uganda, Saturday, May 28, 2016. The struggling nation has been attempting to implement their economically ambitious industrialization program.
In March, the UN Security Council adopted the heaviest sanctions ever imposed on North Korea after it went ahead with its fourth nuclear test on 6 January followed by a rocket launch a month later.
Park arrived from Ethiopia, where she addressed the African Union, and will also be visiting Kenya on Monday.
North Korea has been training the Ugandan security forces in physical fitness, marine warfare and weapons handling.
“I have instructed officials to faithfully enforce the U.N. Security Council resolution, including disengagement from North Korea in the security, military and police sectors”, Blue House spokesperson Jeong Yeon-guk quoted Musevini as saying.
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Earlier in the day, a Ugandan government spokesman had denied severing ties with North Korea, calling the reports “propaganda”.
