Bangladesh's ambassador to Egypt receives 'best diplomat' award
Bangladesh's ambassador to Egypt Monirul Islam has been selected as one of the best foreign diplomats to the country from Asia.
Popular magazine of Egypt "Diplomacy Magazine," chose five diplomats to the country, including Monirul, for the honour.
The other four diplomats are Mexican Ambassador Jose Octavio Tripp, European Union Ambassador Christian Berger, Albenian Ambassador Eduard Sulo, and Rwanda's Ambassador Alfred Jacoba.
The ambassador were honored at the 4th Diplomacy Magazine Annual Awards Ceremony held at the Hotel Concorde El Salam in Cairo on March 20.
The grand event, hosted by Abdel Hai Mokhtar, editor-in-chief of the magazine, was attended by ambassadors, diplomats, prominent personalities of the society, journalists, and top business leaders.
Speaking on the occasion, Monirul said, "It is going to be 50 years of the opening of Bangladesh Resident Mission in Egypt, but relation between the two countries started in the sixth century when Arab explorers visited ancient Bangla for missionary and commercial purposes."
The ambassador also noted that the friendly people and government of Egypt supported 1971 Liberation War and came forward to recognise the newly independent Bangladesh. The then President of Egypt Muhammad Anwar Sadat visited Dhaka on his own initiative in 1974 to meet our great leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
He said Bangladesh and Egypt have been enjoying excellent bilateral relations on the basis of mutual cooperation since the beginning of their modern relations. At present trade and investment between the two countries are increasing. As a continuation of this relation, direct Dhaka-Cairo flight is also launching from April.
On the occasion, as part of the celebration of the golden jubilee of Bangladesh's independence and the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of Bangladesh-Egypt diplomatic relations, the Ambassador of Bangladesh Monirul also handed over certificates of Goodwill Ambassador to five prominent Egyptians including Iman Jad, a dead of British University in Egypt.
Expressing gratitude to the selected goodwill ambassadors, Monirul expressed his firm determination to take the existing good relations between the two countries to new height.
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