Desk Report
Publish: 14 Jul 2021, 04:11 pm
Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen (Photo: Collected)
Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen today left here for Uzbekistan to join an international conference to be held in Tashkent on July 15-16.
A number of heads of government and foreign ministers of nearly 40 countries will join the in-person conference titled “Central and South Asia: Regional Connectivity - Challenges and Opportunities”, hosted by Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to strengthen regional connectivity.
During the conference, the Bangladesh foreign minister would advocate for expediting regional connectivity as Dhaka has already emerged as the ‘connectivity leader’ in the international arena.
Dr Momen will also hold bilateral meetings with his Russian, Indian and Chinese counterparts on the sideline of the conference.
Apart from Rohingya issue, Momen said that he would also discuss other bilateral issues between Bangladesh and India.
About his scheduled meeting with the Chinese foreign minister, Momen said, he would also focus the Rohingya repatriation issue while talking with his Chines counterpart.
During the meeting, he said, the Chinese foreign minister would announce that China allocated one million more Chinese vaccines for Bangladesh as a gift.
Momen is also scheduled to hold meetings with the Uzbekistan President and the aviation minister on the sideline of the conference.
Referring to these meetings, he said that he would discuss various bilateral issues between Bangladesh and Uzbekistan including cotton import and setting direct air connectivity between Dhaka and Tashkent.
The foreign minister is scheduled to return here on Monday.
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