Bangladesh Navy Chief meets Pakistan Army Chief in Rawalpindi

Bangladesh's chief of naval staff, Admiral Mohammad Nazmul Hassan, last week met the head of Pakistan's army, Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah, marking the second defence-level meeting between the two south Asian nations in less than a month.

The development is being seen as the Bangladesh interim government's efforts to broaden its engagements and defence ties in the region. Earlier, the second-in-command of the Bangladesh Army had met Munir in Rawalpindi.

Hasan met Shah in Rawalpindi on Friday to discuss naval cooperation and participation in a multinational naval exercise organised by Pakistan Navy, people aware of the matter told ET, adding that a section of the Bangladesh military has been stressing collaboration with Pakistan to boost "regional stability".


ET had reported last month that Pakistan army is planning to launch training programmes for its Bangladeshi counterpart from this month. Besides hosting the director general of Pakistan's ISI agency, Bangladesh military has been receiving military delegations from Rawalpindi since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government.