Pacific army chiefs confce in capital tomorrow

Senior army leaders from around the Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean regions will meet in Bangladesh for the 38th Pacific Armies Management Seminar (PAMS) tomorrow.

Army and security officials from approximately 23 nations will attend the seminar co-hosted by the US Army, Pacific and the Bangladesh Army, said a press release of the US embassy in Dhaka.

The theme for the seminar is “A new focus on the Asia-Pacific region: Opportunities and challenges for land forces”.

Practicing cooperation, developing interoperability of concepts for non-traditional security; balancing requirements for meeting traditional and non-traditional threats; civil-military and multinational cooperation, the essential elements for future stability; and building response capacity of land forces for issues of environmental security will be discussed at the seminar.

Bangladesh Army Chief General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan and Commander of the US Army, Pacific General Vincent Brooks will deliver the welcome remarks.

 PAMS is a multinational military seminar that provides a forum for senior-level (lieutenant colonel to lieutenant general, or national equivalent) officers from the Asia Pacific's regional ground forces to exchange views and ideas.

Pacific Armies Management Seminars have been held throughout the Asia Pacific Region since 1978.