Chinese Defense Minister to visit Dhanmondi-32 Tuesday
UNB
26th April, 2021 06:41:50
Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on Tuesday morning highlighting the steady and rapid progress in Bangladesh-China military cooperation in recent years.
The Chinese Defense Minister will arrive at 10am and visit Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Dhanmondi-32 to pay homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a senior official told journalists.
The Chinese Defense Minister will meet President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban at 3pm.
He will also have meeting with Bangladesh Chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed who visited China in November, 2019.
Chinese Defense Minister to arrive Dhaka Tuesday
Chinese Defense Minister to arrive Dhaka Tuesday
Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe is scheduled to arrive here on a brief visit on Tuesday highlighting the “steady and rapid progress” in Bangladesh-China military cooperation in recent years.
“Yes, the Chinese Defense Minister Fenghe is coming,” a senior official told.
Bangladesh Chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed visited China in November, 2019.
General Fenghe was appointed as the head of China’s Ministry of National Defense at the 13th National People’s Congress on March 19, 2018.
The Chinese Defense Minister is likely to meet President Abdul Hamid apart from his meeting with the Bangladesh Army Chief.
Chinese defense minister due Tuesday
Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe. Photo: Wikipedia UNB, Dhaka UNB, Dhaka
Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on a brief visit on Tuesday, highlighting the steady and rapid progress in Bangladesh-China military cooperation in recent years. Yes, the Chinese Defense Minister Fenghe is coming, a senior official told UNB.
Bangladesh Chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed visited China in November, 2019.
General Fenghe was appointed as the head of China s Ministry of National Defense at the 13th National People s Congress on March 19, 2018.
The Chinese Defense Minister is likely to meet President Abdul Hamid apart from his meeting with the Bangladesh Army Chief.
Chinese defense minister due tomorrow
Diplomatic Correspondent
Diplomatic Correspondent
Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on a brief visit tomorrow, officials confirmed.
During his visit, he is scheduled to meet President Abdul Hamid and Bangladesh Chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed.
A foreign ministry official told The Daily Star, He will be visiting Dhaka on the occasion of the golden jubilee of Bangladesh s independence and birth centenary of Bangabandhu.
Asked if there is any agenda on military cooperation with China, the official said he was not aware of it.
The visit of Wei Fenghe, who will also visit Sri Lanka after the Dhaka visit the same day, comes at a time when Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will virtually host a ministerial meeting with South Asian leaders of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka under a new initiative of China-South Asia Covid Cooperation and Post-pandemic Economic R
Indian Army Chief arrives in Dhaka
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Chief of Army Staff of Indian Army Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane arrived in Dhaka this morning on a five-day visit, on invitation from Gen Aziz Ahmed, Chief of Army Staff, Bangladesh Army.
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.