The Indian chief of army staff, Vijay Kumar Singh, arrives in Dhaka today on a five-day official visit to Bangladesh at the invitation of his Bangladesh counterpart General Mohammad Abdul Mubeen.
General Singh, who will be accompanied by his wife Bharti Singh and four senior army officers, will call on the president, Zillur Rahman, and the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, an ISPR release said in Dhaka Saturday.
He will also meet chiefs of the three services and senior officers of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, including the principal staff officer.
General Singh will join the passing-out parade of the 64th Long Course and the 35th Special Course of Bangladesh Military Academy in Chittagong and visit different installations of the Bangladesh Army, the release said.
Commissioned in the Rajput Regiment in 1971, General Singh had taken part in Bangladesh's war of liberation and was part of the operations in several areas including Feni and Cox's Bazar.
The ISPR release said former chief of army staff of Bangladesh late General Mustafizur Rahman was invited to the passing-out parade of Indian Military Academy as the chief guest in 1998.
Source: New Age
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