Shawdesh Desk:

General Manoj Pande, Chief of Army Staff, Indian Army, is visiting Bangladesh in June 5-6 at the invitation of his counterpart, general SM Shafiuddin Ahmed, Chief of Army Staff, Bangladesh Army, to review the Passing Out Parade at Bangladesh Military Academy in Chattogram.

This visit of the Indian Army chief to Bangladesh follows the recent visit of General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed to India when he was invited by COAS, Indian Army, to similarly review the Passing Out Parade at Officers’ Training Academy, Chennai, said a media release on Monday.

During his visit, COAS, Indian Army will pay tributes to members of the Bangladesh Armed Forces who made the supreme sacrifice during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971 by laying a wreath at the altar of Shikha Anirban in Dhaka Cantonment.

He will also hold bilateral discussion with CAS, Bangladesh Army and review the entire ground of defence cooperation between India and Bangladesh.

These high-level exchanges provide an opportunity to both sides to renew the close bonds of friendship and fraternal ties that exist between the Armed Forces of India and Bangladesh, said the release.