Army chief leaves for Gambia on state visit

City Desk  :
Bangladesh Army Chief General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed on Sunday left Dhaka for the African country Gambia on a state visit at the invitation of the country.
His visit aims at testing capabilities and fixing the next course of action on the co-deployment of Bangladeshi and Gambian troops in the United Nations Peacekeeping Missions for the first time, reports UNB.

Earlier, a six-member high-level delegation led by Gambian Foreign Minister Dr Mamadou Tangara made an official visit to Bangladesh from February 8 to 13 this year with a call for the co-deployment of the troops at the UN peacekeeping missions.