Chief of army staff general Waker-Uz-Zaman on Tuesday left Dhaka for the United States and Canada on an 11-day official visit, said a release of Inter Services Public Relation Directorate in the morning.
鈥楧uring the visit, Waker-Uz-Zaman will participate in meetings with high-ranking military and civilian officials of the UN headquarters, the USA and Canada to discuss matters related to the UN peacekeeping mission, increasing capacity of the army, developing bilateral relations and determining the future course of action and discuss various issues of mutual cooperation,鈥� the release said.
The army chief would return home on October 25, it added.