Bangladesh: Visit to Turkey, Army chief for boosting defence ties

DHAKA, 22 August 2021, (TON): Bangladesh's Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed, who is on an official visit to Turkey, met Turkey's President of Defense Industries Ismail Demer and Deputy Minister of National Defense Muhsin Dere.

During the meeting, the army chief said “there have been long-standing strategic friendships and cultural ties between the armed forces of Bangladesh and Turkey”

He also hoped that these relations would reach new heights in the future.

General Ahmed said his official visit to Turkey on the occasion of the International Defence Fair-2021 would open new opportunities of cooperation between the military forces of the two countries.

The army chief thanked both the President of the Turkish Defense Industries, and the Deputy Minister of National Defence for inviting him.

Deputy Minister of National Defence Muhsin Dere expressed his country's commitment to further cooperation and assistance to Bangladesh in the field of military equipment as well as training of military personnel and technology exchange.

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