LOC19:33
16:33 GMT
MUSHARRAF ARRIVES IN BANGLADESH
ISLAMABAD, JULY 29 (KUNA) -- THE PAKISTAN PRESIDENT, GENERAL PERVEZ
MUSHARRAF, ARRIVED IN BANGLADESH ON MONDAY FOR AN OFFICIAL THREE-DAY VISIT TO
DISCUSS BILATERAL, REGIONAL, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, A FOREIGN OFFICE
OFFICIAL SAID HERE.
THIS IS THE FIRST EVER VISIT BY A PAKISTANI MILITARY LEADER TO THE FORMER
EAST PAKISTAN.
BANGLADESH WAS PAKISTANS EASTERN PART UNTIL DECEMBER 1971 AND WAS CALLED
EAST PAKISTAN.
GENERAL MUSHARRAF WAS RECEIVED AT DHAKA AIRPORT BY BANGLADESHS ACTING
PRESIDENT JAMIRUDDIN SIRCAR AND PRIME MINISTER BEGUM KHALEDA ZIA WITH A 21-GUN
SALUTE.
SOON AFTER GENERAL MUSHARRAF DROVE TO SAVAR AND LAID WREATHS AT A
MEMORIAL SITE MARKING THOSE WHO DIED IN THE BANGLADESHI WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
AGAINST PAKISTAN.
PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF WILL LEAVE BANGLADESH FOR SRI LANKA ON WEDNESDAY FOR AN
OFFICIAL TWO-DAY VISIT BEFORE RETURNING HOME.
HE IS SCHEDULED TO STOP BRIEFLY IN THE CHINESE CAPITAL BEIJING AFTER HIS
RETURN FROM SRI LANKA ON FRIDAY AND WILL HOLD MEETING WITH THE CHINESE
PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN. (END)
MYK.AJS
KUNA 291933 Jul 02NNNN