A Correspondent:
Chattogram: Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday said that his ministry organized an outreach-ing program for foreign diplomats to let them witness in person the country’s massive development ac-tivities carried out by the Awami League (AL) government.
“This visit helps the diplomats to know well about Bangalee nation’s capabilities, the ongoing develop-ment programs under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the country as well,” he said.
Hasan Mahmud, also joint general secretary of the ruling AL, said this while talking to reporters at Chat-togram Railway Station here before departing for Cox’s Bazar via train with the participating diplomats.
Earlier, he along with the diplomats visited different development projects here under the Ambassadors’ Outreach Program of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA).
A total of 34 diplomats, including ambassadors and heads of missions, from 24 countries and interna-tional organizations are now on the visit to the country’s southern region.
About Chattogram-Dohazari rail link, Dr Hasan said 125-year-old dream of this region’s people has been materialized under the leadership of Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina.
“Constructing of Chattogram-Dohazari rail link is an extraordinary work. Therefore, we choose the train to take the diplomats to Cox’s Bazar,” he added.
About taking diplomats to Cox’s Bazar, the foreign minister said, “We are visiting the tourist district Cox’s Bazar to let diplomats witness the beauty of longest sea beach and the rural Bangladesh, and the development works too.”
