Army Chief Gen Pande on two-day visit to Bangladesh

New Delhi: Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande on Monday embarked on a two-day visit to Bangladesh to hold talks with the top military brass of the neighbouring country to primarily explore ways to further expand bilateral defence and security ties.

It is Gen Pande's second visit to Bangladesh as Army chief. He visited the country



in July last year on his first foreign visit after assuming charge of the top post.

"During the visit, the Army Chief will be meeting the senior military leadership of Bangladesh where he will discuss avenues for further enhancing Indo-Bangladesh defence relations," the Army said.