@Afif how come we don’t get BD UN troops to serve in Cyprus ? Not that I mind the beating UN troops are getting here…
I think there was some BD peacekeepers in Cyprus for a period of times.
Bangladeshi peacekeepers are mostly deployed in active conflcit zones.
The thing is (of course, nobody officially wants to admits)
Western countries mostly prefer to deploy their troops at high command and administrative roles in headquarters or where is no active conflict Going on. (Like cyprus)
On the other hand, they sends third world or Asian countries soldiers in the conflict zones.
But, then again, most third world countries troops are not well trained or disciplined. That's where Bangaldehs army's reputation comes in. Given their long standing track record of better discipline and professionalism, they have high demand in conflict zones.
(So much so that recently Gambia directly made a deal with BD to co-deploy troops in their country
https://defencehub.live/threads/bangladesh-agrees-to-co-deploy-troops-with-gambia.16620/)
But I think, UN could redeploy BD peacekeepers in Cyprus if they think it would serve their interest better. (In various missions, Bangaldesh also enjoy some advantages like not having a Colonial past or geopolitical ambitions. And being muslim make us less threatening and a lesser subject of suspicion for the locals compared to Western troops. Like British soldiers here in Cyprus.)