ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Bangladesh discussed enhanced defense and security cooperation on Friday during a meeting between senior army officials in Rawalpindi, the Pakistani military said.
Bangladesh witnessed a major political change last year when former prime minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted in a popular uprising against her government.
Hasina, long seen as close to India and critical of Pakistan, fled to New Delhi after her fall, putting pressure on Dhaka’s ties with India. The shift also opened space for Pakistan and Bangladesh — one nation until the bloody 1971 war of independence — to edge closer again, with senior officials from both sides meeting more frequently at global forums.
The meeting between Lt. Gen. Md. Faizur Rahman, Bangladesh’s Quarter Master General, and Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Gen. Sahir Shamshad Mirza took place against this backdrop of improving relations.
“During the meeting, both sides discussed the prevailing security environment in the region and laid emphasis on shared resolve for enhancing existing cooperation in defense and security domain,” the military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said in a statement.
