Strategic security of most nations impacted due to cut in funds: Army Vice Chief

New Delhi, Dec 2 : Indian Army Vice Chief, Lieutenant General S.K. Saini, said on Wednesday that strategic security of most nations have been impacted due to reduction in funds for military capability, but some countries have used the opportunity to enhance their influence.
Saini said this during his virtual address to the participants of the ‘National Defence Course Bangladesh on Security Challenges Post Covid–19 Pandemic’.
He was speaking on eve of the anniversary of the start of the 1971 war between India and Pakistan that led to the creation of Bangladesh.
“Many countries fuelled by ultra-nationalism are experiencing accelerated process of de-globalisation leading to closing of borders for movement of goods, people, services and even ideas,” he said.
The Vice Chief also said that while countries are struggling to rein in the Covid-19 virus, certain countries have seized the opportunity to extend their influence militarily, economically and politically which does not augur well for the world community.
Saini had also attended the National Defence College Bangladesh in 2011.