Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi paid a courtesy call on Defence Adviser Brig Gen (retd) Dr AKM Shamsul Islam at the Armed Forces Division office in Dhaka Cantonment on Wednesday.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR), the meeting covered a range of defence and security issues, including joint training programmes to enhance the professional capabilities of the armed forces, exchanges of experience and training among military officers, disaster management, regional peace and maritime security.
The Indian high commissioner praised the Bangladesh government’s initiatives in the socioeconomic sector.
He said India attaches great importance to its deep military and strategic ties with Bangladesh and reaffirmed New Delhi’s commitment to expanding professional cooperation, capacity building and collaboration between the two countries’ armed forces in areas of shared security interests.
Both sides also expressed their commitment to strengthening bilateral defence cooperation, promoting regional stability and working together to address common global challenges.