Asia-Pacific army seminar tomorrow

Senior army officials of the Asia-Pacific regions will join a seminar in Dhaka from Sunday to discuss ‘opportunities and challenges’ of the region. Titled ‘Pacific Armies Management Seminar’, this is the brainchild of the US Army Pacific. The seminar will mostly focus on the challenges and opportunities of land forces of the Asia-Pacific region from the Indian subcontinent to the western shores of the Americas. This region is home to almost half the world’s population and is home to emerging powers like China and India. Bangladesh is co-hosting this seminar with the US Army Pacific after 22 years. A total of 32 countries will join the Dhaka seminar. The US Army Pacific began this seminar only with nine countries at Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1978 and since then it is being organised in different parts of the world. It is a multinational military seminar that offers a forum for officers from lieutenant colonels to lieutenant generals in land armies of Asia-Pacific to exchange views and ideas, according to bdnews24.com.