TIL Desk/World/Dhaka/ Bangladesh doesn’t prefer war and wants peace with all its neighbours, but needs to defend its maritime borders, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Thursday as she commissioned the Bangladesh Navy’s latest acquisition.
“We need to strengthen our naval force further to defend the sea areas and its resources,” she said while commissioning Chinese-made corvette “BNS Sangram”, via video conference, from her official residence Ganobhaban. She added her hope that this will strengthen the Bangladesh Navy’s capacity to protect the country’s sovereignty.
Bangladesh Navy chief, Admiral Aurangzeb Chowdhury formally handed over the ‘commissioning firman’ of the ship to Captain Arifur Rahman on behalf of the Prime Minister at the Issa Khan Naval Base, Chattogram. BNS Sangram will leave for Lebanon on Friday to take part in the UN peacekeeping mission.
In her address, Sheikh Hasina also said that after the “Great Liberation War of 1971, Father of the Nation, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman started the newly-independent country’s journey with very limited resources”, and recalled the contribution of India.
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