Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain this day (4 December) entreated British Excessive Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke to ship true files regarding the minority issue and the coed-led July-August uprising in Bangladesh to the UK government.
“I invited her to novel our location and requested her to relay the simply issue in Bangladesh to her government,” he told newshounds following his meeting with the British envoy at the international ministry this afternoon.
Touhid referred to speeches made by some British lawmakers in Parliament on December 2 regarding Bangladesh’s minority issue, declaring misinformation of their statements.
“I told her [Cooke] that the speeches did not beget the staunch ground realities in Bangladesh. I requested her to ship the info via her diplomatic channels,” he added.
In response, Cooke assured the adviser that she would flow on the message and suggested that Bangladesh’s mission in London might well well perchance well additionally rob steps to discuss the correct myth, Touhid acknowledged.
The international adviser additionally highlighted an announcement by the British All-Birthday celebration Parliamentary Neighborhood, which alleged that more other folks were killed in Bangladesh after August 5.
“This grunt is totally baseless. I outlined to her that in relation to 1,500 other folks were killed sooner than 5 August, and the statement entirely misrepresented the events of the July-August uprising,” Touhid acknowledged.
The adviser raised the omission of key info, such because the expansive selection of students who were shot dull within the streets sooner than 5 August.
“I told her that we were deeply wound by this misrepresentation,” he added.
Touhid emphasised that the international ministry is made up our minds to counter misinformation and develop certain that global communities are apprised of the simply info regarding the atrocities and the broader issue in Bangladesh.
