Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande calls on Bangladesh Prime Minister

New Delhi: Chief of Army Staff Gen Manoj Pande paid a courtesy call on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence in Dhaka on Tuesday. In a tweet, the Indian High Commission in Dhaka said, "General Manoj Pande, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC, COAS Army paid a courtesy call on Hon'ble Prime Minister of Bangladesh."

"He visited Defence Service Command & Staff College, Mirpur & delivered a lecture on India's Security Perspective to student officers & faculty of Armed Forces War Course," it added. The Indian Army chief is on a three-day visit at the invitation of his Bangladesh counterpart General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed.

Earlier, Gen Manoj Pande delivered a lecture on India's security perspective at the Defence Services Command and Staff College, Mirpur, for students of the Armed Forces War Course and officers.

The Army chief also visited and interacted with the members of the Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support and Operation Training, a premier institute of Bangladesh training peacekeepers for UN peace operations.

The Indian Army chief is being accompanied by his spouse Archana Pande and a three-member delegation.

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