Uganda’s chief of military intelligence, Charles Bakahumura (left), and the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Kim Hwang-rok, hold the first Korea-Uganda Intelligence Exchange Conference at the Ministry of National Defense in Seoul on June 16.
The Ugandan government has once again shown its strong will to halt all forms of military partnership with North Korea.
The Ugandan government reassured the world of its stance against the North during the first Korea-Uganda Intelligence Exchange Conference held at the Ministry of National Defense in Seoul on June 16, the ministry announced. During this first bilateral military meeting between Korea and Uganda since the establishment of diplomatic ties in 1963, the two governments discussed their partnership and current military issues, including issues concerning North Korea.
Korean and Ugandan military officials discuss bilateral military cooperation during the first Korea-Uganda Intelligence Exchange Conference, at the Ministry of National Defense in Seoul on June 16.
During the meeting, the Ugandan delegate reassured Korea of its will to halt all forms of military cooperation with the North, as Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni pledged during a summit held last month in Kampala. As part of such a move, the Ugandan government on June 1 submitted a report on its implementation of U.N. Security Council Resolution No. 2270 and announced that it would no longer continue any form of military or police partnership with the North.
Along with this, the two governments discussed their partnership on national defense and the defense industry. In particular, considering South Korea’s military capacities and technologies in the defense industry, the Ugandan delegate hoped that the two governments would be able to further cooperate on a wide range of defense issues in the future.
By Chang Iou-chung
Korea.net Staff Writer
Photos: Ministry of National Defense
icchang@korea.kr
