Chief of Naval Staff of Indian Navy went to Bangladesh on a five-day visit; Foreign Minister Dipu Moni visited UAE and Russia; Joint Survey of the Sylhet-Meghalaya border resumed after suspension of three and a half months;
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    • Chief of Naval Staff of Indian Navy Admiral Nirmal Verma visited Bangladesh on April 3 on a five-day visit at the invitation of his Bangladeshi counterpart Vice Admiral Zahir Uddin Ahmed. On the occasion, Indian Naval Ship AIRAVAT was on a goodwill visit at Chittagong from April 3 to 7. During his visit in Bangladesh, Admiral Verma mentioned about Indian Navy’s intention to assist Bangladesh in the field of disaster management.1

    Foreign Minister Dipu Moni visited the UAE on April 3, 2011 to attend the first general assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency. From UAE, on April 6, Dipu Moni went to Moscow on a three-day visit. During her visit, she held a meeting with her Russian counterpart Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and discussed entire gamut of bilateral relations between two countries which includes cooperation in the field of energy, investment, trade etc.2 Meanwhile, reports noted that the joint survey of the Sylhet-Meghalaya border resumed since April 5, 2011 after suspension of three and a half months.3

    In other developments, Officials and employees of Bangladesh Embassy in Tokyo have donated 100,000 yens to Japan Red Cross Society on April 6, 2011 in support of the relief and rehabilitation efforts for the affected people of recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan. 4

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