e-News® | The NEWS Company…DHAKA, Sept 3, 2015 : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today laid importance on strengthening Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to settle the problems of Muslim Ummah through negotiation.
Strengthening of OIC is crucial so that outsiders get no scope to take advantage, she said when newly appointed ambassador of Saudi Arabia in Bangladesh Abdullah H M Al-Mutairi made a courtesy call on her at her Tejgaon office here today. PM’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim said the prime minister congratulated the new envoy and assured him of extending all cooperation in discharging his duties in Bangladesh. Sheikh Hasina said the relation between Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia is historic. Now a large number of Bangladeshi people are working in Saudi Arabia making contribution to the economy of the country. She condemned recent terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia saying no true muslim can support that kind of terrorist acts.
“Terrorism is the religion of the terrorist,” the prime minister posing question said how a muslim can kill another muslim. The Saudi envoy said Saudi King values the special relation of his country with Bangladesh. The relation would be stronger in the coming days, he hoped. The envoy informed the Prime minister that about 6 million muslims would be able to perform hajj every year after completion of the construction work of Mecca.
Pointing out the recent bomb attacks in Saudi mosques he said people of Saudi Arabia are against the acts in the name of religion. “There is no scope of bomb attack in Islam and we have a strong community against this type of terrorist act,” he said. The ambassador said he would work to consolidate relation of his country with Bangladesh during his stay in Dhaka. PM’s principal secretary Abul Kalam Azad and senior officials of Saudi Embassy were present.
