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Bangladesh army chief to visit India next week
Rajat Pandit,TNN | Mar 28, 2013, 07.30PM IST*
NEW DELHI: India will roll out the red carpet for Bangladesh army chief General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan when he comes visiting next week, as part of the stepped up defence ties between the two countries. Gen Bhuiyan, who will lead a delegation to India from April 1 to 4, is slated to hold talks with defence minister A K Antony, national security advisor Shivshankar Menon, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne, Army chief General Bikram Singh and Navy chief Admiral D K Joshi.
Both ACM Browne, who is also the chairman of the chiefs of staff committee, and Gen Singh had visited Dhaka last year as part of the overall policy to boost military ties with Bangladesh, a country where China has been making strategic inroads like many others in India's neighbourhood. India, of course, is also keen to work together with Bangladesh on the terrorism front.
The Indian armed forces are working towards "building capacity'' of the Bangladesh military, ranging from training and exercises to military supplies and technology. The Army also has been holding direct staff-to-staff talks with its Bangladeshi counterpart since 2009.
Bangladesh army chief to visit India next week - The Times of India
Rajat Pandit,TNN | Mar 28, 2013, 07.30PM IST*
NEW DELHI: India will roll out the red carpet for Bangladesh army chief General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan when he comes visiting next week, as part of the stepped up defence ties between the two countries. Gen Bhuiyan, who will lead a delegation to India from April 1 to 4, is slated to hold talks with defence minister A K Antony, national security advisor Shivshankar Menon, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne, Army chief General Bikram Singh and Navy chief Admiral D K Joshi.
Both ACM Browne, who is also the chairman of the chiefs of staff committee, and Gen Singh had visited Dhaka last year as part of the overall policy to boost military ties with Bangladesh, a country where China has been making strategic inroads like many others in India's neighbourhood. India, of course, is also keen to work together with Bangladesh on the terrorism front.
The Indian armed forces are working towards "building capacity'' of the Bangladesh military, ranging from training and exercises to military supplies and technology. The Army also has been holding direct staff-to-staff talks with its Bangladeshi counterpart since 2009.
Bangladesh army chief to visit India next week - The Times of India
