SOURCE: UNI
The press wing of Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser of the interim government has dismissed reports by The Sunday Guardian, an Indian newspaper, regarding an alleged agreement between Bangladesh and France to purchase Rafale fighter jets.
In a statement on its Facebook page on Monday (October 27), the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing clarified that the interim government has no knowledge of such a deal.
The Sunday Guardian report, published on Sunday, claimed that France was hopeful the new Bangladeshi government would finalise a long-anticipated deal to acquire Rafale jets, aiming to modernise Bangladesh’s air force.
According to the article, Macron’s visit—the first by a French president to Bangladesh in 33 years—was partially aimed at advancing the Rafale deal. Despite Macron’s efforts, Bangladesh did not provide a definitive response at the time.