Hossen Sohel of DOT :
Emphasizing the necessity for unity among Muslim countries, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Muslim countries should solve their problems, if any, through dialogue.
The prime minister made the statement when the newly-appointed Iranian Ambassador Mohammad Reza Nafar met with her at her office yesterday, reports UNB.
“The Muslim Ummah should remain together…if there is any problem among them, it can be solved through discussion,” she said.
Sheikh Hasina’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters after the meeting.
He said the prime minister mentioned that the people suffer most when a conflict occurs among Muslim countries.
Sheikh Hasina said the government has reduced the poverty level in Bangladesh to 21% and has a target to reduce it by 4-5% more in the near future.
She said the development policy of her government focuses on rural areas.
Talking about the existing religious harmony of the country, Hasina said people of Bangladesh get along with others, despite their diverse religious faiths, as every person participates in all religious festivals.
Calling Iranian citizens courageous, she praised their economic progress.
Welcoming the new Iranian Ambassador to Bangladesh, she assured him of her all-out cooperation during his tenure in the country.
The prime minister also conveyed her regards to the Iranian President through the Ambassador and recalled her visits to Iran in 1997 and 2012.
Ambassador Mohammad Reza Nafar offered his felicitations to Sheikh Hasina on the landslide victory of Awami League in the recent general election and described her as a wise and prudent prime minister of Bangladesh.
The people of Iran are very fond of her, he added.
Nafar praised the balanced policy in Bangladesh’s socioeconomic areas and congratulated the prime minister for the country’s graduation from the LDC to developing country group of nations.