India Gifts Over 1 Lakh Covid Vaccines To Bangladesh Army

The visit comes less than two weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled to the neighbouring country.

Indian Army chief General MM Naravane on Thursday handed over 100,000 COVID-19 vaccines to his Bangladeshi counterpart General Aziz Ahmed who thanked India for its commendable cooperation in helping his country tackle the coronavirus pandemic. General Naravane is visiting Dhaka at the invitation of his General Ahmed. The visit comes less than two weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled to the neighbouring country. During their meeting, the two generals discussed issues related to the good relations between the armed forces of the two countries and mutual cooperation in the future, the Dhaka Tribune reported. Issues related to the implementation of the Border Road Organisation, training of Army pilots, exchange of defence experts and trainers, mutual defence cooperation were discussed, it said.