Uganda thanks N Korea for military training
Iran Press TV
Fri Apr 18, 2014 9:19AM GMT
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has expressed gratitude to North Korea for providing training for the African nation's police and special forces, rejecting critics of the security pact.
'There are people who are not happy with them, but I have not seen any problem with them,' Museveni said Wednesday during a parade of almost 700 police officers trained by the North Koreans, according to local press reports on Thursday.
Museveni - veteran head of the east African nation since 1986 - also extended his 'warm greetings' to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, who succeeded his father to run the Asian Pacific nation in 2011.
This is while Uganda's police chief Kale Kayihura stated last week that reported United Nations investigations into the security deal would be 'welcomed,' insisting that the two nations 'deal in a transparent way.'
Museveni further stated that North Korean officers have also trained Ugandan tank crews and special forces.
'I thank the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea,' Museveni added, according to the press report. 'They always give us technical support.'
Opposition parties, however, have criticized the police for preventing demonstrations and forcefully breaking up rallies when protesters defy orders not to march on the streets.
A contingent of Ugandan troops is deployed in Somalia as part of a UN-backed African Union force.
Ugandan forces are also engaged in neighboring South Sudan, backing government forces against rebel troops.
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