Indian army chief to arrive in Dhaka on Monday on three-day visit


FE Team | Published: July 17, 2022 20:09:00 | Updated: July 18, 2022 16:26:00


General Manoj Pande

India’s Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pande will arrive in Dhaka on Monday on a three-day visit to Bangladesh.

Manoj Pande will stay in Bangladesh from Monday to Wednesday in his first foreign visit since his assumption with an aim to further deepen the bilateral defence ties between Bangladesh and India.

According to UNB, India’s army chief will commence his visit by paying tribute to martyrs of Bangladesh’s Liberation War of 1971 by laying a wreath at Shikha Anirban Monday.

On the day, Manoj Pande will have multiple meetings with senior officials of the security establishment and exchange views on defence-related issues, the Press Information Bureau of India (PIB) said Sunday.

He will also pay tribute to the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Museum in Dhanmondi

On the second day of his visit, the army chief will address the students and faculty of Defence Services Command and Staff College, Mirpur.

After that, he will visit and interact with the members of the Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support and Operation Training, a premier institute in Bangladesh which trains peacekeepers for employment in various UN peace operations.

This will be followed by a visit to the Bangabandhu Military Museum, Mirpur.

The visit of Manoj Pande will further deepen the bilateral relationships between the two armies and act as a catalyst for closer coordination and cooperation between the two countries on a host of strategic issues, the PIB said.

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