Bangladesh and Qatar on Tuesday, 25 October signed a memorandum of understanding, MoU for mutual cooperation in the defense sector.
Lt Gen Waker-uz-Zaman, principal staff officer, Armed Forces Division, Prime Minister’s Office and Lt Gen (Pilot) Salem Hamad Aqeel Al Nabit, chief of the Armed Forces of Qatar signed the MoU on behalf of Bangladesh and Qatar respectively at the headquarters of the Armed Forces of Qatar.
It is expected that Bangladesh’s cooperation in the defense sector with Qatar will rise through the signing of this MoU, told the Bangladesh Embassy in Qatar.
The MoU, signed as part of ongoing efforts to raise cooperation in new areas of bilateral relations among Bangladesh and Qatar, will strengthen the cordial and brotherly relations between both nations, it added.
The meeting held between Waqar-uz-Zaman and Lt Gen Al Nabit discussed issues of mutual interest.
The MoU signing ceremony was attended by the Ambassador of Bangladesh to Qatar Md Jashim Uddin, Embassy Defense Adviser Brigadier General Md Sajjad Hossain and Chief of Qatar’s International Military Cooperation Brigadier Abdul Aziz Al Sulaiti.
