Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has emphasized on unity among the Muslim Ummah for solving any problem.
The prime minister said this when newly-appointed Iranian Ambassador to Bangladesh Mohammad Reza Nafar paid a courtesy call on her at her office here on Wednesday morning.
After the meeting, PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters.
During meeting, the prime minister said Bangladesh has adopted the foreign policy – ‘friendship to all and malice to none’.
The prime minister highlighted Bangladesh’s tremendous socioeconomic development and her government is working hard to improve the living condition of the people.
The prime minister noted the existing religious harmony in the country and said that the people of all faiths participate to any festival together.
She welcomed the Iranian envoy in Bangladesh and conveyed her regards to the Iranian president.
She recalled her visits to Iran in the 6th NAM Summit in 2012 and the OIC Conference in 1997.
The Iranian ambassador congratulated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on behalf of their president on her party’s landslide victory in the December 30 general elections.
The Iranian ambassador highly appreciated the prime minister’s balanced policy for the country’s socioeconomic uplift.
The ambassador said the cooperation between the two countries at the regional and international levels is good.
The ambassador said despite Western sanction, Iran is moving forward.
PM’s Principal Secretary Md Nojibur Rahman and PMO Secretary Sajjadul Hassan were present.
MHK
