Army chief General Manoj Pande on 3-day Bangladesh tour from tomorrow

General Manoj Pande will begin his visit by paying tribute to the brave hearts who were killed in the line of duty during the Liberation War of 1971 and lay a wreath at the Shikha Anirban tomorrow. 

The Chief of Army Staff, General Manoj Pande, will embark on a visit to Bangladesh from July 18 to July 20. This will be the General’s first foreign visit since taking over as the Army chief.

General Pande will begin his visit by paying tribute to the brave hearts who were killed in the line of duty during the Liberation War of 1971 and lay a wreath at the Shikha Anirban tomorrow.

During the day, the COAS will hold multiple meetings with several senior officials of Bangladesh’s security establishment and exchange views on various defence issues. He will also pay tribute to the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, at the memorial museum in Dhanmondi.

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On the second day of his visit, the Army chief will address the students and faculty of Defence Services Command & Staff College in Mirpur. This will be followed by a visit and interaction with the members of the Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support and Operation Training (BIPSOT), a premier institute of Bangladesh which trains peacekeepers for employment in UN Peace Operations. Later, the General is scheduled to drop by the Bangabandhu Military Museum in Mirpur.

The visit of the COAS will further deepen the bilateral relationships between the armies of the two neighbours and act as a catalyst for closer coordination and cooperation between the two countries on strategic issues.

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