Indian army chief arrives in Dhaka

General Manoj Pande, India's chief of army staff, arrived in Dhaka this morning (July 18, 2022) on a four-day visit at the invitation of General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed, chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh Army.

This is the first foreign visit by General Pande since his assumption, said a press release of Indian High Commission in Dhaka.

The Indian Army Chief is accompanied by his spouse Archana Pande and a three-member delegation.

He is scheduled to pay courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Security Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister, service chiefs of Bangladesh Army, Navy, Air Force, PSO Armed Forces Division of Bangladesh and meet other senior officers of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, it said.

Visit of Manoj Pande will further strengthen the close and fraternal ties existing between the armed forces of the two countries, it added.