Gen Kapoor meets Bangladesh army chief
March 15th, 2010 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Indian Army chief General Deepak Kapoor met his Bangladeshi counterpart General Mohammad Abdul Mubeen here Monday amid expanding strategic ties between the two countries.
Mubeen, who arrived in India Sunday, is on “goodwill” visit till March 20. He is likely to meet Defence Minister A.K. Antony, National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon and other officers of the armed forces.
Mubeen will also visit important military training establishments and field formations in Jaipur, Ajmer and Kolkata.
“The visit assumes special significance in the light of improving military cooperation between the two countries and India’s growing relationship with Bangladesh,” an army spokesman said here.
“The visit would further cement our defence relationship with Bangladesh and add impetus to our defence cooperation. Maintaining enhanced military-to-military contacts with Bangladesh is mutually beneficial to the strategic interests of both the countries,” he added.
The spokesman the visit “has a major significance in the burgeoning defence cooperation between both the two countries”.
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