Col. Wu Qian, a spokeswoman for the Chinese Defense Ministry, revealed here on Thursday that the first China-Bangladesh Golden Friendship 2024 joint military exercise will take place in the first part of May. He revealed this during his monthly briefing. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has decided, in accordance with the agreement between the two militaries, to send a team to Bangladesh in the first half of May to conduct a joint military exercise codenamed China Bangladesh Golden friendship 2024 joint army exercise.
According to him, the combined exercise uses counterterrorism activities carried out by the UN peacekeeping force as the scenario. He said that the two military will work together in mixed groups to train on anti-hijacking and eliminating terrorist camps. Col. Wu Qian stated that in order to strengthen practical exchanges and cooperation, as well as to foster friendship and understanding between the militaries of China and Bangladesh, this is the first time that they would be training together.
