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Monday, June 14, 2010

Bangladesh, China to discuss defence cooperation

PLAN 053H3 (Jiangwei II) frigate 565 YulinIncreased defence cooperation will be among the topics discussed when Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visits Bangladesh, Foreign Minister Dipu Moni said on Sunday.

"China is the largest defence hardware supplier to Bangladesh. So talks on enhancement of the defence cooperation will be in the agenda," Moni told a news conference, without giving details.

Bangladesh will soon add two new Chinese frigates to boost its naval fleet and increase its number of frigates to seven, a defence official told Reuters.

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