North Korean security instructors who have been providing training to Ugandan police and military forces will leave the country by the end of 2016, DPRK Ambassador to Kampala Myong Kyong Chol told local media on Friday.

“Our military and police cooperation will expire this year and it is very natural for the personnel of the DPRK to leave the country,” Myong told local journalists, as reported by local paper the Monitor on Sunday.

“Frankly speaking, we started practical preparation for withdrawal of our personnel due to the expiry of contracts since early this year,” Myong said, potentially seeking to draw distance from recent international