New Delhi. Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said his country did not require services of the Indian Army team for containing COVID-19 pandemic.
‘We do not need, rather we are sending teams to different countries,’ the foreign minister told a media house referring to reports in Indian media on preparations of the Indian Army for deploying troops to several countries including Bangladesh for containing the disease.
Bangladesh armed forces have sent medical teams to Kuwait, he said.
Bangladesh also extended support to Maldives, Bhutan and China, the foreign minister added.
‘The Indian Army is readying separate teams to be deployed in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Afghanistan to help those countries boost capabilities to deal with rising cases of Coronavirus,’ reports said.
The teams for Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Afghanistan are being readied as part of India’s policy of extending helping hand to all friendly countries in the region to fight the pandemic.
Bangladesh diplomatic sources said that the Indian side did not inform anything about a plan to send Indian Army teams in COVID-19 operations.
India has been playing a key role in pushing for a common framework in fighting the pandemic in the SAARC region.
As part of its policy to help friendly countries to deal with the pandemic, India is also supplying anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine to 55 countries, according to a report.
