Chief of Army Staff General Moeen U Ahmed arrived in New Delhi yesterday on a weeklong visit to India at the invitation of Indian Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor.
Bangladesh high commissioner to India and representatives of Indian Armed Forces, among others, received Gen Moeen at the airport.
During his stay in the Indian capital, the army chief will call on India’s External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Defence Minister AK Antony. Besides, he will meet chiefs of the three services of India.
Gen Kapoor will host a dinner on Sunday evening in honour of Gen Moeen. He will be given six horses as a goodwill gesture.
The army chief will lay wreath at the Amar Jawan Jyoti this morning. He will also visit the Indian Military Academy in Deradun, Ajmer Sharif and Goa.
On his way back, Gen Moeen will call on West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee in Kolkata. He ix scheduled to return on March 1.
Gen Moeen left Dhaka for New Delhi on board a Jet Air flight at 12:05 pm, nearly three hours behind the schedule as the aircraft landing was delayed at Zia International Airport.
The army chief was scheduled to visit India last year but had to postpone the trip due to domestic engagements.
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