Egypt gave a positive response to Dhaka's request for support to the Bangladesh candidature for OIC Secretary General.

Outgoing Egyptian Ambassador Mohammed Mohyie M Youssef gave the positive signal when he made a farewell call on Prime Minister Khaleda Zia at her office yesterday.

Referring to excellent bilateral relations between the two countries, the prime minister hoped that Egypt would extend support to the Bangladesh candidate for the top post of the Organisation o0f Islamic Conference.

On a positive note, the Egyptian ambassador said the people of Bangladesh and Egypt are brothers and the Bangladeshis occupy a place in the hearts of the people of his country.

Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury MP, prime minister's parliamentary affairs adviser, has been nominated OIC Secretary-General candidate.

The prime minister hoped that permanent peace would be established in the strife-torn Middle East through establishing an independent Palestine state.

She conveyed her best wishes, through the envoy, to Egyptian President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak and invited him to visit Bangladesh.

The envoy renewed the invitation of the Egyptian president to the PM to visit Egypt.