Staff Reporter:
The two-day long 12th ‘Bangladesh-US Bilateral Defense Dialogue’ has began at the Bangladesh Armed Forces Division (AFD) from yesterday.
In continuation of this dialogue since 2012, the military delegations from Bangladesh and the United States of America (USA) are participating in the dialogue, said a release of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Directorate this evening.
The defense dialogue is very important for the mutual military cooperation of the two countries. Besides, various issues of military cooperation between the two countries will be discussed in this dialogue, it said.
This bilateral talk would enhance two-sided military cooperation in the fields of global and regional se-curity, technology, defense equipment, disaster management, peacekeeping operations, training, inspec-tions, joint exercises and drills and workshops.
From the Bangladesh side, Brigadier General Muhammad Ali Haider Siddiqui, Director General of AFD [Operations and Planning Directorate], was present at the dialogue while Brigadier General Sarah Roos led the US delegation.
On behalf of Bangladesh, senior officials from various organizations including the Armed Forces Divi-sion, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) and others were present at the event.
The bilateral defense dialogue will further enhance military cooperation between the two countries and strengthen mutual friendship as well, the ISPR added.
