2024-03-25 01:09:20
King Jigme Khesar Namguel Wangchuck of Bhutan, the country that first recognized independent Bangladesh, is arriving in Dhaka on Monday on a four-day state visit. The King of Bhutan will meet with the President, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Bangladesh in this first visit by a foreign head of state after the newly formed government took over in the 12th National Assembly elections. In addition to the discussion on various bilateral issues, there are plans to sign three agreements and renew one agreement.
On Sunday (March 24) noon, Foreign Minister Dr. Dr. Hasan Mahmud informed this information. Referring to Bhutan, Bangladesh’s neighboring genuine friend state, the minister said, the King of Bhutan will participate in our Independence and National Day celebrations during his visit on March 25-28. The Queen of Bhutan, family members, ministers and dignitaries accompany the King.
The Foreign Minister said that a guard of honor will be provided after the President welcomes the state guest King Wangchuck at the airport in Dhaka on Monday morning. After that, the King will pay tribute to the memory of Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Dhanmondi-32 and visit the Bangabandhu Museum. There is a meeting with the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister at noon and the signing of the memorandum of understanding is scheduled.
Health, information and communication technology, tourism, regional and sub-regional connectivity coordination, trade and investment promotion, transit, preferential trade agreements, tripartite cooperation in hydropower generation and exchange involving India, cooperation in meeting the challenges arising from the transition from least developed to developing countries in the meeting with the Prime Minister The discussion will be dominated said Dr. laugh
At this time, the foreign minister mentioned the possibility of signing three MoUs on technical cooperation in consumer protection and renewing the cultural cooperation agreement on the establishment of a burn and plastic surgery unit in Thimphu, Bhutan, the establishment of a special economic zone for Bhutan in Kurigram.
Hasan Mahmud said that the king of Bhutan will pay tribute to the martyrs of the great liberation war at Savare National Memorial in the morning on March 26, visit Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery Hospital in the morning, meet the President at Bangabhaban in the afternoon and participate in state functions.
The minister said that after visiting Padma Setu and Special Economic Zone in Narayanganj on March 27 and Special Economic Zone in Kurigram on March 28, the king will leave Bangladesh through Sonahat land port in the afternoon. State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury will bid farewell to Raja and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will provide a guard of honour.
Foreign Minister Hasan also shed light on what will be a gift for Bhutan on the occasion of the arrival of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck in Bangladesh.
From next year, increasing the quota of Bhutanese students in the MBBS course in government medical colleges from 22 to 30, allocating 2 seats for Bhutanese officers in the Foreign Service Academy, providing technical assistance in setting up a Foreign Service Academy in Bhutan, providing 3-year training for Bhutanese officers in the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council and that country. Bangladesh will gift electronic devices including laptops and tablets to increase the capacity and improve the skills of government officials.
‘Genocide in Gaza is Shameful Chapter of Human Civilization’
At the press conference, the journalists recently asked the reaction of Russia and China to the veto of the cease-fire proposal in Gaza raised by the United States in the United Nations Security Council. Hasan Mahmud said, the way children, women and ordinary people are being killed in Palestine since October 7 is a shameful chapter for human civilization. If we don’t stop it now, we will be responsible for future generations. We are constantly suffering from this and protests continue in different parts of the world. Protests are ongoing in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, continental Europe, Australia. Because people are against this crime.
Dr. Hasan said the U.S. cease-fire proposal offered some hope, but Palestinian representatives said it was flawed. Russia and China’s veto reasons are incomprehensible, but we want an immediate cessation of hostilities, an end to this barbarity.