KAMPALA, March 16 (Reuters) - North Korea's number two leader is expected to sign trade and defence deals with Uganda where he is due to make a rare visit this month, Uganda's international affairs minister said on Sunday.

Kim Yong-nam, the president of the presidium of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, is expected to start a three-day visit to the east African nation on March 27.

"He is a visitor of the Government of Uganda and we will enter a number of trade agreements because North Korea wants to open its markets to Uganda," Uganda's International Affairs Minister Henry Okello Oryem told Reuters.

Oryem said Uganda would start exporting goods such as mushrooms and silk to the Asian country, which has sent officials to help train Ugandan police and presidential security staff.

North Korea is one of Uganda's main suppliers of military hardware, and that cooperation would be enhanced, he added.

North Korea's official KCNA news agency has said Kim also planned to visit Namibia and Angola. (Reporting by Francis Kwera; Editing by Katie Nguyen) (For full Reuters Africa coverage and to have your say on the top issues, visit: http://africa.reuters.com/ )