Dhaka -– UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday requested Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to send another battalion of troops for its peacekeeping missions.
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PMÂ’s press secretary Abul Kalam Azad told UNB that Ban Ki-moon made a phone call to the Prime Minister in the evening and sought the troops. The UN Secretary General also requested the Prime Minister to send necessary equipment with the new troops.
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According sources at the Foreign Ministry, Ban Ki-moon made the request to Bangladesh to send more UN peacekeepers to South Sudan, a troubled spot. |