Dhaka: Indian Navy chief admiral RK Dhowan will arrive in Dhaka on a five-day goodwill visit from Sunday.

Admiral RK Dhowan’s visit is part of the tradition of regular high level exchanges between the Armed Forces of both the countries and will enhance friendship and bilateral cooperation between the two neighbouring navies.

The Navy chief is coming at the invitation of the Chief of Naval Staff of Bangladesh Navy, Vice Admiral M Farid Habib, according to Indian High Commission in Dhaka.

He will be accompanied by his wife Minu Dhowan, President of Indian Navy Wives Welfare Association.

To coincide with the visit of the Naval Chief, Indian Navy ship ‘INS Ranjit’ will pay a goodwill visit to Chittagong Port.

The ‘INS Ranjit’ is the third of the five Rajput-class destroyers, commissioned on 24 November, 1983.

During his visit, the Indian Naval Chief will present two Enterprise-class boats to the Bangladesh Naval Academy, Chittagong.