Dhaka, July 7 -- Home Affairs Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has sought stronger United Nations support for the deployment of Bangladeshi peacekeepers and police personnel to UN peacekeeping missions.

He made the call during separate bilateral meetings with two UN under-secretaries-general in New York on Monday, according to the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations.

During his meeting with UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the minister reaffirmed Bangladesh's long-standing commitment to UN peacekeeping and requested support for the early verification of Rapid Deployment Level (RDL) status for Bangladeshi Formed Police Units (FPUs).

He also sought greater deployment of Bangladeshi individua...