The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

A Bangladeshi police officer will be appointed at Interpol, said Interpol Secretary General Ronald K. Noble, in the city yesterday.

Bangladesh has reiterated its continuing support and commitment to Interpol, through posting a senior police officer to Interpol's General Secretariat in Lyon, France.

Besides, Interpol, the largest international police organisation, will provide training to three Bangladeshi police officers at its General Secretariat.

Visiting Interpol Secretary General disclosed this to reporters after a meeting with Home Adviser Major General

(Retd) MA Matin at his office in the Secretariat.

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The Home Adviser also endorsed the agreement reached between the Inspector General of Police, Nur Mohammad, and Interpol chief Noble for three analysts and one Special Branch officer from the Criminal Investigation Department to receive advanced analytical training at

the General Secretariat.

Noble agreed to send a two-member team to meet senior officers of Bangladesh Police to identify how Interpol and its network of 186 member countries can offer technical assistance to Bangladesh.

Bangladesh's decision to second a senior officer to Lyon is a

significant one, especially given the competing demands on its scarce resources, said Noble.

He said that national police nowadays have to work beyond their borders, as the challenges facing law enforcement in the 21st century are international, not just national.