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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The visit comes less than two weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled to the neighbouring country.
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DHAKA: Indian Army chief Gen MM Naravane on Thursday paid tributes to the fallen heroes of Bangladesh s 1971 Liberation War after arriving in the country on a five-day visit to further strengthen the close and fraternal ties existing between the Armed Forces of the two nations.
Naravane is visiting Dhaka at the invitation of his Bangladeshi counterpart, Gen Aziz Ahmed.
The visit comes less than two weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled to the neighbouring country.
Indian Army chief General Naravane pays tributes to fallen heroes of Bangladesh s Liberation War
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The Chief of Army Staff paid tributes to the fallen heroes of the 1971 Liberation War by laying a wreath at the altar of Shikha Anirban in Dhaka Cantonment.
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Indian Army chief Gen MM Naravane on Thursday paid tributes to the fallen heroes of Bangladesh s 1971 Liberation War after arriving in the country on a five-day visit to further strengthen the close and fraternal ties existing between the Armed Forces of the two nations.
Naravane is visiting Dhaka at the invitation of his Bangladeshi counterpart, Gen Aziz Ahmed.
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