Chief of Defense Force of Maldives Calls on Army Chief

Chief of Defence Force of the Maldives Major General Abdulla Shamaal has called on Chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed at the Army Headquarters in Dhaka Cantonment on Thursday.

During the meeting, they exchanged greetings and discussed various issues related to the existing good relations between the armed forces of the two countries and mutual cooperation in the future.

The talks focused on conducting joint training with the participation of the two armies, exchanging expertise on defense, mutual defense cooperation, goodwill visits and providing medical assistance to combat the ongoing Covid-19 epidemic.

Before meeting the Chief of Army Staff in the morning, the Chief of Defence Force of the Maldives paid homage to the memory of the heroic martyrs of the great war of independence of Bangladesh by laying a wreath at Shikha Anirban in Dhaka Cantonment.

He was then given a ‘Guard of Honor’ by a smart contingent of the Bangladesh Army at Senakunja. At the end of the Guard of Honor, Major General Abdulla Shamaal planted a tree at Senakunja.

It may be mentioned that a five-member Maldivian Defense Forces delegation led by Major General Abdulla Shamaal arrived in Dhaka on March 31 on a seven-day state visit.

The delegation will visit Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, Liberation War Museum, Nilgiri in Bandarban, Bangladesh Military Academy, Khulna Shipyard, Sundarbans, National Defense College and Defense Service Command and Staff College.

At the end of the visit, the delegation will return to Maldives on April 6.