Courtesy call between Chinese Defense Minister and Bangladesh Army Chief
Staff Correspondent
27th April, 2021 09:01:09
Visiting Chinese Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe paid a courtesy call on Bangladesh Army Chief General Aziz Ahmed at the Army Headquarters on Tuesday.
During the visit, the Chinese Defense Minister led a 20-member delegation. During the meeting, they exchanged greetings and discussed various issues related to maintaining good relations between the armed forces of the two countries and mutual cooperation in the future.
During the bilateral talks, Bangladesh Army Chief expressed his commitment to improve bilateral relations, exchange of military training, regular exchanges at the Armed Forces level and thanked China for its cooperation in tackling the Covid-19 epidemic.
Indian army chief arrives in Dhaka
Hands his Bangladeshi counterpart 100,000 vaccine doses as gift
Visiting Indian Chief of Army Staff Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane hands his Bangladeshi counterpart Gen Aziz Ahmed a box containing one lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccine at the Army Headquarters in Dhaka yesterday. Photo:
ISPR
Diplomatic Corespondent
Diplomatic Corespondent
Chief of Army Staff of Indian Army Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane handed over 100,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine as gift to Bangladesh Army Chief General Aziz Ahmed yesterday.
The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine shots, produced in India, were handed over at the Army Headquarters in Dhaka, according to a statement of the ISPR.
He is accompanied by his spouse Veena Naravane and a two-member delegation, reports our diplomatic correspondent.
The Indian Army Chief is scheduled to pay courtesy calls to the Army, Navy and acting Air Force chiefs of Bangladesh and meet other senior officers of the Bangladesh Army, according to a press release issued by the High Commission of India in Dhaka.
He will also be visiting various military stations.
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Bangladesh Army Chief General Aziz Ahmed has said that demeaning the army chief is tantamount to demeaning the prime minister.
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