Indian army chief General Vijay Kumar Singh has been invited to review and take salute at the passing out parade of the Bangladesh Military Academy on June 22, an ISPR press release said on Thursday.
It said that reports published in a section of newspapers involved the question of pride, morality and confidence of Bangladesh Army and independence and sovereignty of the country.
Inter Service Public Relations department provided a statement of Bangladesh Army Headquarters in the regard.
The AHQ statement recalled that former Bangladesh Army chief the late General Muhammad Mustafizur Rahman was invited to review and take the salute at the passing out parade of the Indian Military Academy at Dehradun in 1998.
Similarly, Nepalese Army chief Chhatra Man Singh reviewed and took the salute at Indian Military Academy passing out parade in 2009 and the Indian Navy chief reviewed the passing out parade of Sri Lankan Naval and Maritime Academy in 2010, it said.
It mentioned that in Bangladesh's liberation war in 1971, General Vijay Kumar Singh had participated as a young officer of the allied force. Of the Indian Army officers who had fought for Bangladesh's independence, General Singh is the only serving officer, the statement said.
The AHQ hopes that the participation of the Indian Army chief in the parade would help infuse the spirit of the liberation war in the young Bangladeshi officers.
The statement termed the invitation to the Indian Army chief as reciprocal to the Indian gesture of inviting General Mustafiz.
This is not a weakness but would rather strengthen the diplomatic relations between the two neighbouring countries, the statement said.
General Vijay Kumar Singh is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on June 19 on a five-day tour.
source:NewAge
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