''Bangladesh'' Now Looks Towards West!!!

In recent times, the European Union has become increasingly interested in selling arms to Bangladesh. The UK, France and Germany now want to sell warplanes, helicopters, anti-aircraft missiles, submarines and warships. Bangladesh has started moving away from the one-way China policy. Russia has sided with China for a long time. As a result, Bangladesh is gradually moving away from "China and Russian defense policy" considering the economic aspect. There is direct support from the UK on the condition of lifting travel bans and teaching the Rohingya issue "human rights" or "not human rights" in Bangladesh. Germany, France, Italy and Spain have become increasingly interested in selling high-tech weapons. French President Emmanuel Macho has agreed to cooperate with Bangladesh in the defense sector. As a result, a memorandum of understanding has been signed.

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Eric Trapier, chief executive officer of Dassault Aviation, a French aircraft and commercial jet maker, announced the sale of the Rafale to the prime minister. On the other hand, 24 Grobe 120tp training aircraft have been procured from Germany. European countries are mainly interested in investing in long term plans. On the other hand, Forces Goal-2030 is a long term development program. Italy has been lobbying for EFT since 2019. During a visit to Italy in 2020, Italy wanted to sell Eurofighter Typhoon. A Eurofighter, a joint venture between four European countries, to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, although no defense agreement had been signed between the two countries. The difference is that it contains "Letters of Intent", meaning "joint consent" on certain matters
Following the Italian offer, the matter was not taken lightly by France. After the Prime Minister's return to the country, in March 2020, French Defense Minister Florence Parle gave a detailed briefing on the advantages of Dassault Aviation and Rafale over Eurofighter Typhoon and what benefits Bangladesh could get as a result. .

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One of the reasons for dropping Eurofighter Typhoon is that even though the UK requested Bangladesh to think about EFT in 2019, Bangladesh is not following that path and is buying naval vessels from UK. On the other hand, training aircrafts are being procured from Germany in numbers which will supply 24 and some of its basic equipment for repair and operation of German Grobe Corporation to Bangladesh. On the other hand, we think that Italy and Spain will be given a deal so that they are not dissatisfied. As a result, Bangladesh is moving forward with the right balance keeping everyone satisfied. On the other hand, there is a lot of discussion going on with Damen of Netherlands about Drydock and Shipyard development.

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At present, Bangladesh is working on large-scale long-term deals including air defense systems, drones, military vehicles, radars, satellites, warplanes, warships and submarines. Although some agreements are public and some are undisclosed, the biggest progress of the Prime Minister's visit to France is the signing of the Letter of Intent. Which, of course, made the video an overnight sensation. There was, of course, no harm to Britain.

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Bangladesh is working with China, not to counter China. On the other hand, India is thinking of giving 1 billion Military loan, but it does not see the light of hope. India also knows that in the current situation, India is satisfied with only Indian Horse and Trained Dogs as gifts. The Thales group in France has said that it is able to cover the whole of Bangladesh from Dhaka. Hopefully. France is also interested in selling Airbus cargo in the civilian sector.

Above all, there is no doubt that Bangladesh is increasingly looking at procurement and capacity building for its own defense. There is no doubt that Bangladesh's military will become more technology dependent and stronger in the years to come.