Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman left Dhaka on Monday for Central African Republic on a three-day official visit, reports UNB.
During the visit, he will inspect the activities of the Bangladeshi contingents stationed in the Central African Republic and the Bangladeshi peacekeepers present there, according to a press release from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
Besides, the Army Chief is scheduled to inaugurate a community clinic built by the Bangladesh Army peacekeepers for the service of the local population, it said.
Currently five contingents of the Bangladesh Army are engaged in peacekeeping missions in the Central African Republic.
Moreover, since 2014, a total of 9,961 army personnel have served as peacekeepers, and 11 army personnel have sacrificed their lives while engaged in peacekeeping operations in this conflict-ridden African country, added the release.
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