Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Sunday Bangladesh has been able to retain its pride as the highest contributor of troops to UN peacekeeping missions.
"It has become possible thanks to the deployment of soldiers in new UN peacekeeping missions," she said in reply to a question from treasury bench member AKM Rahmatullah in the House, during her question-answer session, state-run news agency BSS reported.
The Leader of the House said a total of 8,145 troops from Bangladesh have been deployed now in different trouble-torn regions of the world. "The number is the highest from a single country," she added.
The prime minister also informed the House that a total of 116,428 troops from Bangladesh have thus far participated in UN peacekeeping missions.
Sheikh Hasina said the 'Forces Goal 2030'" has been framed in the light of Defence Policy 1974, enacted by the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
She said the present government has undertaken various measures to build the armed forces as modern, aptly efficient, and time-befitting, adding that the measures are being implemented speedily.
In this connection, the Leader of the House highlighted various initiatives of her government to further strengthen the Bangladesh Army, Navy, and Air Force to achieve the "Forces Goal 2030."
