Clarification on news items on foreign missions
The foreign ministry yesterday said the diplomatic missions, their buildings and premises are protected from any sort of infiltration and they are out of the legal jurisdiction of the host country.
This provision is as per Article 22 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961, a foreign ministry press release said yesterday.
The release came in response to news items published in some newspapers on security of diplomatic missions in Bangladesh.
Besides, it said, the missions can apply their own authority in taking security and other measures on their premises.
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