Staff Reporter:
Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has had a series of separate bilateral talks with Myanmar, Ne-pal, Botswana, Belarus, Qatar and Indonesian foreign ministers on the sidelines of the 19th Sum-mit of the Non-Aligned Movement now being held in Kampala, the capital of Uganda.
Bangladesh foreign minister held meeting with his counterparts of Myanmar, Nepal, Botswana and Belarus — Than Swe, Narayan Prakash Saud, Lemogang Kwape and Sergei Aleinik — respectively.
During the meeting with Myanmar foreign minister, Mahmud discussed on Rohingya repatriation apart from other bilateral issues.
Besides, during a busy day in Kampala, Foreign Minister has also been called on by State Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar Soltan bin Saad Al-Muraikh and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia Pahala Nugraha Mansury.
Mahmud’s counterparts congratulated the new government in Bangladesh and, particularly, him for assuming his new role.
The foreign minister discussed various issues of mutual interests including political, economic and strengthening people to people relations.
He is set to have a few more bilateral engagements on Saturday and Sunday.
Mahmud is leading the Bangladesh delegation to the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) scheduled on January 19-20, 2024 and the Third South Summit of the G77 and China scheduled on January 21-22, 2024.
Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen, Bangladesh Permanent Representative to the UN Muham-mad A Muhith and Bangladesh High Commissioner to Kenya and Uganda Muhammad Tareque, among others, are accompanying the foreign minister.
