Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has held a meeting with Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas, on his first-ever state visit to Bangladesh.
After a brief discussion, they took part in a bilateral meeting where the two countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
Abbas arrived in Dhaka on Wednesday on a three-day visit at the invitation of his Bangladesh counterpart Md Abdul Hamid, who received him at the airport.
On Thursday, he arrived at the Prime Minister’s Office at 3:30pm and was received by Hasina.
They began bilateral talks with delegations from the two countries at 4pm.
Foreign Affairs Minister AH Mahmood Ali, the Prime Minister’s International Affairs Adviser Gowher Rizvi, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed, Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, Law Minister Anisul Huq, State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid and Principal Secretary to the PM Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury took part in the bilateral meeting.
An MoU to form a joint committee was signed by the foreign ministers of the two countries after the meeting.
Palestine’s president earlier visited the National Memorial in Savar and after that the Bangabandhu Museum in Dhanmondi.
He is later scheduled to meet Opposition chief Raushon Ershad at Le Meridien, the hotel where he is staying.
Mahmoud Abbas paying respects to Bangladesh’s Liberation War heroes at the National Memorial.
President Hamid will host a state banquet in his honour in the evening. Abbas will leave on Friday for Jordan.
Bangladesh, a staunch supporter of Palestine, does not have diplomatic relations with Israel.
Dhaka favours the establishment of the State of Palestine on the basis of the 1967 borders, with Jerusalem as its capital.
Source: Bd news24
