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BAF aircraft carrying Maldivians leaves Dhaka for Male
DHAKA, April 20, 2020 (BSS) – A C-130J transport aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) left Dhaka today for the Maldives with 71 Maldivians and a 10-member Armed Forces Medical Team for providing Covid-19 treatment to Bangladeshi nationals in the Maldives.
Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Operations) Air Vice Marshal M Abul Bashar and Aishath Shaan Shakir, Ambassador, Maldivian Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh were present on the occasion, said an ISPR press release.
BAF Group Captain Enamul Haque will lead the mission consisting of a 15 BAF air crews.
Chief of Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force Air Chief Marshal Masihuzzaman Serniabat provided necessary guidance to carry out the mission.
BAF is carrying out various activities at the directives of the prime minister to contain the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19).
A BAF C-130J transport aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force carried 71 Maldivians from Dhaka to the Maldives as a sign of friendship on behalf of the Bangladesh government.
The Maldivians were unable to return to their country because of coronavirus situation. They were flown to Dhaka from Chattogram, Barisal, Cumilla and Chandpur by BAF transport aircraft and helicopters.
Bangladesh Army also cooperated for Dhaka area in this regard before sending them to their own country.
Among those Maldivians, 18 people were living in Nepal.
The Bangladesh government decided to send these students to the Maldives with the help of the Air Force as a sign of friendly relations with the Maldives government.
An Armed Forces Medical Team with the necessary healthcare aids was sent to the Maldives to provide medical care to Bangladeshis living in the Maldives.
The medical team members will provide healthcare to Bangladeshis for Covid-19 related treatment.
During the global crisis, Bangladesh has set a brilliant example of brotherhood by reaching Maldivians to their homeland with the help of BAF as a sign of cooperation.
The support from Bangladesh is expected to further strengthen the friendly relations existing between the two countries.
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