Army Chief General Waker-uz-Zaman met with President Mohammed Sahabuddin and Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus on Monday, September 1. He first held a meeting with the Chief Adviser in the morning, followed by a meeting with the President, according to a reliable army source.

During the meetings, the Army Chief briefed the President and the Chief Adviser on his recent visit to China. Discussions also covered the country’s law and order situation, with General Waker-uz-Zaman emphasising that the military is working to maintain stability.

The Army Chief visited China on an official trip from August 21 to August 27. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), he held courtesy meetings with General Chen Hui, Political Commissar of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Ground Forces, and other senior military and civilian officials.

The ISPR release stated that upon his arrival at the PLA headquarters on August 22, the Army Chief received a ‘Guard of Honour’. He later met General Chen Hui, during which they discussed strategic cooperation between the two countries, people-to-people exchanges, support for the repatriation of forcibly displaced Myanmar citizens, and Chinese assistance in developing Bangladesh’s military industry.

On August 23, the Army Chief also met Chen Defang, President of China’s Norinco Group, in a courtesy meeting. He additionally visited the Beijing campus of the PLA Academy of Armed Forces, where he inspected its training facilities and military equipment production laboratories.