Asia-Pacific military seminar begins in Dhaka

This May file photo shows, the US Army and the Bangladesh Army conduct the initial planning conference for the Pacific Armies Management Seminar (PAMS) 2014, 4-7 May in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo taken from PAMS Facebook page

A four-day Pacific Army’s Management Seminar (PAMS) kicked off in Dhaka today with participation of premier-level army officials of 25 Asia-Pacific countries.
Bangladesh Army Chief Gen Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan and Commander of Asia-Pacific region of US Army Gen Vincent Brooks jointly inaugurated the seminar at Hotel Radisson.

The objective of PAMS is to facilitate capacity building via information exchange and dialogue on different themes and topics, promote security cooperation in atmosphere of trust and mutual respect, support the army’s effort in rebalance of the Asia-Pacific theatre and reassuring regional allies and partners in the interest of national security.
Lt Gen Md Mainul Islam, chief of general staff of Bangladesh Army, and Gen Brooks discussed many bilateral issues and later they held a press conference and answered the reporters’ queries.
At the conference, both generals said that they agreed to work more closely together for peace of the region.