Turkey will restore a Bangladeshi naval ship that was damaged during the deadly blast at the port in the Lebanese capital Beirut earlier this month, Daily Sabah reports.
"BNS BIJOY of the Bangladesh Navy, which was damaged in the Beirut explosion, is being towed to Turkey by TCG INEBOLU. The necessary repairs to BNS BIJOY will be carried out at the facilities of the Turkish Navy," the Turkish National Defense Ministry was quoted by Daily Sabah as saying in a Twitter post on Thursday.
BNS Bijoy was partially damaged while patrolling Lebanese waters as part of the UN peacekeeping operation Maritime Task Force on August 04 when an explosion took place at a warehouse in the Lebanese capital of Beirut.
The explosion killed more than 160 people and injured more than 6000 others in Lebanon.
Bangladeshis also suffered casualties in the blast: five Bangladeshis were killed and more than 100 others, including 21 members of Bangladesh Navy, were injured.
