"We have decided in principle to acquire five navy ships," Bangladesh Minister of Foreign Affairs AK Abdul Moment stated. The goal of this acquisition is to monitor and safeguard our vast marine borders from those who enter our areas for fishing or other reasons."
On the side-lines of
COP26 in Glasgow on Wednesday, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met with
her UK counterpart Boris Johnson to address the problem.
According to Momen,
the British prime minister considered selling other defence assets, including
aeroplanes.
"The talks
dragged on for a long time." This time, we reached an agreement in
principle to purchase five navy ships. Three of them will be imported from the
United Kingdom, while the other two will be built in our Chattogram dockyard."
The minister stated
that the final contract for the procurement has yet to be finalised. "Our
Ministry of Defence will look at it." We will undoubtedly purchase the
ships at a competitive price."
The news comes at a time when the Indo-Pacific area is gaining international interest.
