No foreign pressure over polls: Shahriar


FE Team | Published: January 02, 2018 16:57:29 | Updated: January 02, 2018 22:39:19


No foreign pressure over polls: Shahriar

The government thinks no country will put pressure on Bangladesh over the next national election supporting the demand of BNP or any banned political party.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam made the remarks on Tuesday while talking to the reporters at his ministry.

"We don't think they (diplomats) will waste time on these issues. There's no such scope either. We understand it through our constant engagement with them over the last few years," he said.

The State Minister said Bangladesh is now stronger enough standing on its own feet, and there will be no incident like the past.

The State Minister, however, said the support from the organisations which remain with Bangladesh in making the election and election process easier, modern and time-befitting one will continue in the coming days.

"We don't see any confusion about elections," he said.

Responding to a question, Shahriar said the government is working to ease problems for expatriate Bangladeshis.

"We want to provide better services for the expatriates by digitalising the services," he said.

According to UNB, he said the Bangladesh Mission in Malaysia is facing a tremendous pressure to resolve the problems faced by Bangladeshis there in terms of regularisation of their jobs and extension of job tenures.

Talking about Rohingya issue, he said Bangladesh remains bilaterally engaged with Myanmar apart from its deep engagement internationally with sustained international pressure to resolve the crisis.

Earlier, UN Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh Mia Seppo met the State Minister for Foreign Affairs and discussed various issues, including the Rohingya one.

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