Prime minister Sheikh Hasina holds a meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky at Hotel Bayerischer Hof on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference 2024 in Germany on Saturday. — Star Mail photo
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina called upon all concerned to find ways to stop Russia-Ukraine war while holding a meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in Germany.
‘Prime minister Sheikh Hasina always says we are against all kinds of war. Today, she discussed time and again about how the war can be stopped while holding talks with Zelensky,’ said foreign minister Hasan Mahmud at a news briefing after the meeting.
The meeting between the two leaders was held at Hotel Bayerischer Hof in Germany on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference 2024, on Saturday morning.
Hasan also said that they also discussed how the attacks on innocent men and women in Gaza could be stopped.
The prime minster reminded all that war could not bring wellbeing for any one.
‘Others can be benefitted from the war. But the war cannot bring welfare for the countries involved in war and their people have to be affected by the war,’ said Sheikh Hasina.
In this connection, the prime minister recollected her memories about the sufferings of the countrymen and she herself faced during the Great War of Liberation in 1971.
She recalled her inhuman sufferings and the birth of her only son Sajeeb Wazed Joy under the captivity of the Pakistani occupation forces during the war.
‘Bangladesh’s foreign policy — “Friendship to all, malice to none” — prominently came up in the discussion between prime minister and Zelensky,’ the foreign minister said.
Replying to a query, Hasan said that the friendly relations between Bangladesh and Russia which got foundation during the Liberation War , would not hamper at all.
‘Our relationship with Russia is very wonderful. Russia stood beside us during the Liberation War and played a pivotal role in rebuilding Bangladesh after the war,’ he said.
He said that they only discussed how to stop the war.
Bangladesh ambassador to Germany Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan and PM’s deputy press secretary Md Noorelahi Mina were present during the briefing.
Earlier on Friday, she held meetings with prime ministers of Qatar and Denmark.
The prime minister held a bilateral meeting with her Netherlands counterpart Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference 2024.
The meeting was held at Hotel Bayerischer Hof, conference venue, on Saturday morning.
During the meeting, both the leaders expressed satisfaction over the existing bilateral relations and elevating it to a new height.
They discussed on other issues of mutual and global interests.
Indian external affairs minister S Jaishankar paid a call on prime minister Sheikh Hasina on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference 2024. The meeting was held at Hotel Bayerischer Hof, conference venue, on Saturday morning.
During the meeting, they discussed the issues of mutual and global interests.
Later, secretary of the state for foreign, commonwealth and development affairs of the United Kingdom Lord Cameron paid a call on Bangladesh prime minister at the same venue.
Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud and senior secretary of the foreign affairs ministry Masud Bin Momen, were present, among others.
The Bangladesh prime minister arrived in Munich on February 15 evening on a three-day official visit to join the Munich Security Conference 2024.
Upon completion of the tour, Sheikh Hasina will leave Munich on Sunday night and is scheduled to reach Dhaka on February 19.
New Age
