Hasina: Bangla Navy to get 1st submarine by ’19

Jan 01, 2011 |

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Dec. 31: The Bangladesh Navy will have its first submarine by 2019, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said, adding Dhaka wants to amicably resolve its maritime boundary issue with neighbours India and Burma as it does not want “a war in the region”.

Ms Hasina said the Bangladesh Navy will have its first submarine with base facility by 2019 and added that her government’s plans were to build “an effective deterrent force”. She made the announcement while commissioning the Navy’s first hydrographic survey ship Anusandhan at Isha Khan Naval Base.

Ms Hasina quoted her father and the country’s founding leader, the late President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as saying that Bangladesh would not interfere in anyone’s internal affairs, but if others try to interfere in Bangladesh’s internal matters, it would also not be tolerated. About differences with the neighbouring countries over maritime boundaries, Ms Hasina said efforts are under way to solve the problems.

“We do not want any war or conflict in this region. We believe in peace,” the United News of Bangladesh (UNB) news agency quoted her as saying. Ms Hasina said the navy will be developed as a modern and well equipped force in the future to boldly resist illegal trespass by foreign ships into Bangladesh territory and to stop smuggling through the sea. She said by the middle of next year, two helicopters will be included into the BNS Bangabandhu. The inclusion of these maritime helicopters is a big step forward for making the naval aviation unit up-to-date.

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