Bangla Army Chief to visit Siachen

[Justin Joseph]

Bangla Army Chief to visit Siachen

Posted: Tuesday , Mar 16, 2010 at 0207 hrs New Delhi:

In a first, the Bangladesh Army Chief, who is on a five-day tour to India, will on Tuesday visit the disputed Siachen glacier and interact with troops at the highest battle ground in the world. Military leaders have in the past shied away from visiting the glacier — a source of a bitter boundary dispute between India and Pakistan.

General Mohd Abdul Mubeen will fly down to the Thoise air base and will be given a tour of the Siachen base camp and the Siachen battle school. While the Indian Army is in control of the glacier after it launched Operation Meghdoot in 1984, Pakistan has made several military and diplomatic attempts to gain possession of the area. General Mubeen’s visit to the glacier will be the latest in a series of steps over the past few years to send out signals to the international community that Siachen is an integral part of India.

In October 2008, US Army Chief General George Casey was given a tour of the glacier where he interacted with soldiers. Since 2007, India has given permissions for several international treks and expeditions in the region surrounding the glacier. A regular annual civilian trek on the heavily militarised glacier is also being conducted for the past three years.

Bangla Army Chief to visit Siachen

 

[Trichy]

gud thing keep going...

 

[RobbieS]

Hope he's up for the chilly weather! Will be quite a bit of change for somebody from the humid climes of BD.

 

[Blue Curacao]

This, i believe will foments greater trust between Indian and Bangla armies, esp when an army chief visits a sensitive Indian area like Siachen

 

[Spring Onion]

Speak lies again and again and the world will believe it one day.

Siachin is not Part of India.

 

[AVADI]

Speak lies again and again and the world will believe it one day.

Same to you.

 

[LCA Tejas]

Speak lies again and again and the world will believe it one day.

Siachin is not Part of India.

Then is it a part of uganda???

 

[Justin Joseph]

Speak lies again and again and the world will believe it one day.

Siachin is not Part of India.

what u say can boomerang "a lie spoken thousand times does not become true"


The Siachin glacier is integral part of India.

The government is sending right message in the international arena.

The Visits of US Army Chief and Bangladesh Army Chief reflects that our friendly countries thinks the same.

After 26/11 Mumbai.

The government is playing its diplomatic cards well as every foreign delegate was first hosted in Mumbai before New Delhi.

The Visit of Japanese PM, US's Hilary Clinton, Australian PM etc. are the few example.

It sends a good signal that Mumbai is safe and secure. And India is a safe destination to invest and visit.

 

[gen x]

Then is it a part of uganda???

really is it

hey i saw many afghan claim on Karachi

 

[Blue Curacao]

Originally Posted by Jana  
Speak lies again and again and the world will believe it one day.

Siachin is not Part of India.

It always has been, just like Kashmir. We reclaimed it in 1984.

 

[RPK]

Bangladesh Army chief visits Leh

Bangladesh Army chief visits Leh

Bangladesh Army chief General Mohammad Abdul Mubeen, who is the first army chief of an Islamic country to visit the strategically located Leh region of Jammu and Kashmir, interacted with senior Indian Army officers during his visit there Tuesday, an official said.

The General Officer Commanding of 14 Corps, Lt. General S.K. Singh, briefed Mubeen about the high altitude conditions that the Indian soldiers face in the area as they guard the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China, the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan and the Siachen glacier, considered to be the highest battlefield in the world, bordering Pakistan controlled Kashmir.


'The visiting chief was briefed by Lt. Gen. S.K. Singh on various commitments of the army, peculiarities of operating in the extreme high altitude terrain of the Himalayas and various developmental projects undertaken in the remote region of Ladakh,' Indian Army spokesman Lt. Col. Biplab Nath said in a release.


'He (the Bangladesh Army chief) praised the Indian soldiers for carrying out their tasks with elan while braving hardships of extreme weather and terrain in the toughest battlefield of the world,' the spokesman added.


Mubeen also visited Shanti Stupa, an iconic landmark in Leh city reflecting the region's Buddhist culture and religion and interacted with Buddhist priests there.


'This visit to Leh has played a significant role in promoting and strengthening the bonds of friendship, mutual trust and confidence between the two armies and the countries,' the spokesman added.


Mubeen's visit comes at a time when Indian troops have strengthened their vigil along the LAC following a series of incursions by Chinese troops in 2008 and 2009.

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[Chanakyaa]

It sends a Great Symbolic Message.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

LOL ... hahaha siachen part of India pretty soon US will be part of india too oh but wait ... Americans don't think so .. it will be

 

[Gin ka Pakistan]

Thankyou Bangladesh

The funny thing is Indian muslium plus Bangla don't like punjabis as big brothers but treat Hindus with big brother respect.

 

[sarthak]

great news. This will definetely reinforce our claim on the region