Hasina greets Boris Johnson
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday extended her heartiest congratulations to Boris Johnson on his assumption of office as the prime minister of the UK and Northern Ireland.
“Your appointment as the prime minister of the United Kingdom is a testimony to the confidence and trust of the British people in your leadership to take your country to newer heights of unity, prosperity and dynamism,” she said in a congratulatory message to Johnson.
Hasina said Bangladesh continues to count on his personal commitment and the UK’s global leadership in ensuring Myanmar’s accountability for atrocities committed on the Rohingyas and their early and sustained return home.
She said Bangladesh and the United Kingdom enjoy a special relationship deeply rooted in shared values of democracy, secularism, and the common good of the very vibrant Bangladesh-British diaspora in the UK.
“We in Bangladesh recall in deep gratitude the support of the then Conservative government of prime minister Sir Edward Heath extended to our Father of the Nation and my beloved father, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and the people of Bangladesh during our War of Liberation in 1971.”
The PM said she was looking forward to celebrate on a grand scale, 50 years of Bangladesh’s glorious independence and Bangladesh-UK diplomatic relations in 2021.
Hasina wished Johnson very best of health, happiness, and continued success in this high responsibility and continued peace, progress and prosperity to the UK people.
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