Bangladesh, Qatar to boost defence cooperation

Bangladesh and Qatar have underscored the need for frequent visits of the defence officials to strengthen military cooperation.

Senior Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 21 July 2016, 08:32 PM
Updated : 21 July 2016, 08:32 PM

The Bangladesh embassy in Doha said Chief of Staff of Qatar Armed Forces Major General Ghanem bin Shahen Al Ghanem also showed keen interest to visit Bangladesh shortly when Ambassador Ashud Ahmed met him on Thursday.

He also agreed to send a few defence officials for the NDC course in Dhaka at the request of the ambassador.

The embassy said they reviewed the status of a few outstanding issues including the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding for military cooperation.