Hasina asks Malaysia to ensure facilities for expats

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the Malaysian government to ensure maximum facilities for the Bangladeshi expatriates living in the ASEAN country.
She made the call when a five-member delegation led by Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Dato' Haji Muhyiddin bin Mohd Yassin paid a call on her yesterday.
The latter highly hailed Hasina's leadership for her strong role in saving Bangladesh's economy from the recent recession and its people from the global food crisis.
They also exchanged views on the global climate change and its impacts on the developing and the least developed countries, the worst victims of the global warming.
Sheikh Hasina reiterated her call for giving priority at the upcoming Copenhagen climate meet in mobilizing all financial assistance to tackle the climate threats.
The prime minister observed that climate change and food production are closely interlinked as food production is severely harmed by the global warming consequences.
About the expatriates' issues, she recalled the time during the 1996-2001 Awami League government, the then Malaysian government took “outstanding measures for the Bangladeshi expatriates living over there”.
During the meeting, the Bangladeshi premier and the Malaysian deputy prime minister exchanged gifts.
Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister MA Karim, press secretary to the prime minister Abul Kalam Azad, Ambassador Ziauddin and Bangladesh Ambassador in Italy Masud Bin Momen were, among others, present.