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US gives navy 16 boats for 'counter terrorism'
The United States has provided sixteen 25-foot Defender boats to the Bangladesh navy to improve its counter-terrorism capabilities.
Published : 13 April 2010, 02:19 AM
Updated : 13 April 2010, 02:19 AM
Dhaka, Apr 13 (bdnews24.com) – The United States has provided sixteen 25-foot Defender boats to the Bangladesh navy to improve its counter-terrorism capabilities.
US envoy James F Moriarty on Tuesday handed over the boats to Bangladesh Assistant Chief of Naval Staff for Operations Rear Admiral M F Habib, the US embassy said in a statement.
The statement said that the United States Government had provided the Defender boats at Bangladesh's request to improve the Bangladesh Navy's and Coast Guard's abilities to disrupt criminal organizations and transnational terrorist groups seeking to exploit Bangladesh's maritime borders.
The US also donated five additional boats to the Bangladesh Coast Guard – which made the donation, the largest delivery of U.S. Coast Guard boats to any nation.
The US and Bangladesh will conduct several joint exercises in the coming months to train the Bangladesh Navy and Coast Guard sailors on how to effectively utilise this new law enforcement and counter-terrorism tool, the statement said.
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