Bangladesh has decline Indian military hardware offer instead counter offer to train Indian military officer Bangladeshi military institution .
ঢাকা সফররত ভারতের প্রতিরক্ষামন্ত্রীর দেয়া ভারত থেকে সকল সামরিক অস্ত্রপাতি ও প্যাকেজ প্রস্তাব ফিরিয়ে দিয়েছে বাংলাদেশ! উল্টো পালটা প্রস্তাবে মাননীয় রাষ্ট্রপতি ভারতের আর্মি অফিসারদের বাংলাদেশী সামরিক ইন্সটিটিউট গুলোর কাছে ট্রেনিং নেয়ার প্রস্তাব করেছেন।
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India’s Defence Minister Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar arrived on a 2 day state visit to Bangladesh on 30/11/2016 to boost military ties between the two neighbouring countries.
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His visit comes days after the Bangladesh Navy announced that it had taken delivery of its first submarines from China.
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Defence Minister Parrikar brought with him an entourage of Indian military officers to Dhaka.
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He met with Bangladesh’s President Abdul Hamid and discussed matters of mutual interest such as counter-terrorism, establishment of regional peace and military cooperation.
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The Bangladesh President offered more training to Indian military officers at Bangladesh’s military institutions for deepening the ties between the two military forces further. Bangladesh and India agreed to conduct more joint exercises involving their respective Special Forces, navies and air forces.
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The Indian Defence Minister brought with him a list of military equipment and services that Bangladesh could avail including overhauling MiG-29’s at Indian facilities, Offshore Patrol Vessels for Bangladesh Coast Guard and T-72 main battle tank training amongst other things however Bangladesh refused all of those offers given they were unnecessary or satisfactorily fulfilled by other countries including China.
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Bangladesh’s military is currently engaged in modernisation and expansion of its forces with focus on manufacturing military weapons and platforms indigenously. The Bangladesh Navy embarked upon a plan to build most of its ships at its own shipyard as it can utilise three major shipyards under its control. The Bangladesh Ordnance Factories and Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory are manufacturing various land forces weapons, vehicles and war equipment whereas the Bangladesh Air Force manufactures and develops some of its own munitions, parachutes, electronic equipment, engineering and test equipment saving large sums of foreign currency.
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Bangladesh maintains strong defence ties with China, Europe and Russia, who supply most of its military equipment, provide training and spare parts.
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