The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Bangladesh Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed yesterday arrived in New Delhi on a weeklong visit at the invitation of Indian Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor.

General Moeen was received at the airport by the Bangladesh High Commissioner to India and representatives of the Indian Armed Forces.

During the visit, the Army Chief will call on Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Defence Minister KC Antony. Besides, he will meet the chiefs of the three services of India.

General Kapoor will host a dinner yesterday in honour of General Moeen.

The Army Chief will lay wreath at the Amar Jyoti Jawan Mausoleum this Monday morning.

He will also visit the Indian Military Academy in Deradun, Ajmer Sharif and Goa.

On his way back home, the Army Chief will call on West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya in Kolkata. He is scheduled to return on March 1.

Earlier in the day, General Moeen left Dhaka for New Delhi by Jet Air at 12:05pm, nearly three hours behind the schedule as the aircraft landing was delayed at Zia International Airport (ZIA). He was accompanied by his wife Nazneen Moeen and four military officers.

He will be given guard of honour at the South Bloc in New Delhi, the principal seat of the Indian administration.

General Moeen was scheduled to go to India last year but had to postpone the trip due to back-to-back floods twice in the last rainy season.