Staff Reporter:
Lieutenant General Mohammad Asadullah Minhazul Alam yesterday paid a call on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman before departing for Cyprus to join as Force Commander of a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission there.
He met the premier at his Cabinet Division office in the Bangladesh Secretariat here.
Prime Minister’s Defence Adviser Brigadier General (Retd.) Dr. AKM Shamsul Islam was present at the meeting.
Minhazul Alam is scheduled to leave Dhaka on June 5 for the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
After completing official formalities there, he will assume charge as the 23rd Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP).
During the meeting with the Prime Minister, discussions focused on Bangladesh’s contributions to UN peacekeeping operations, the professionalism of its armed forces, and the reputation and prestige they have earned internationally.
