Maldives wants to buy Bangladeshi patrol boats

Maldives has expressed its interest to purchase patrol boats from Bangladesh for its coastguards.

Its National Defence Force chief Maj Gen Ahmed Shiyam informed this to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina while paying a courtesy call on her at Jatiya Sangsad Office on Tuesday evening.

He also praised the Khulna Shipyard which he visited recently, the prime minister’s Press Secretary AKM Shameem Chowdhuri told reporters.

Ahmed Shiyam told the prime minister that his country was interested to buy offshore patrol boats built at Khulna Shipyard, Shameem added.

He also lauded Bangladeshis in Maldives for contributing to local economy.

The Maldives defence force chief thanked Bangladesh for sending drinking water and water treatment plants in December when his country faced acute water crisis.