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Bangladesh: PM stresses joint efforts for S Asia’s poverty alleviation
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DHAKA, 06 June 2022, (TON): The prime minister made this remark while secretary general of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Esala Ruwan Weerakun and his wife paid a courtesy call on her at the latter’s official residence, Ganabhaban.
PM’s press secretary, Ihsanul Karim, briefed the newsmen after the meeting.
The prime minister said “we, the countries in this region, should cooperate with each other. Many problems can be solved bilaterally.”
She said “when Bangladesh’s founding president, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, visited Kolkata after the Liberation War, he floated the idea of regional cooperation there in his speech.”
The SAARC secretary general stressed the need to strengthen the SAARC food bank. He highly praised Bangladesh for its contribution to the SAARC Agriculture Centre.
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