State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahrir Alam has known that there is no possibility of any new action taken against Bangladesh before the next parliamentary elections.
On Monday (October 9), the state minister held a bilateral meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden's foreign ministry, Dana Jans, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Swedish Guest House Padma.
At the end of the meeting, Shahrir Alam said in response to a question from the West that the trade sanctions from the West, including the United States, said, "Not at all, we don't know where they got, but I can say very unequivocally, there is no possibility of this, it is done to create a fear or fear among people."
Shahrir Alam also said that a group can take advantage of this. I want to make it clear that the trade ban is far from the election before the parliamentary elections in Bangladesh; there is no possibility of taking any further action or its reality or context.
Sweden wants to see fair elections in Bangladesh
The United States, the Swedish minister, said that we want to see free and fair elections in Bangladesh and the government is being entitled to it.
Regarding the election, Shahrir Alam said, "The election has been discussed with the Swedish minister. I told him that the election commission has a new law." We have said how we are taking efforts to make the national parliamentary elections free and fair.
BNP held a meeting with the pre-election observer delegation of the United States visiting Bangladesh and said in the meeting that the party said that BNP will not go to the polls under Sheikh Hasina. When asked about the position of the government in this poison, Shahrir Alam said that the election of Bangladesh will be according to the constitution of Bangladesh and whoever tries to disrupt the election will be followed by the law.
In the meeting, the Rohingya issue, trade, Indo-Pacific issue, the influence of the war in Ukraine, the two sides of Bangladesh and Sweden discussed in various issues.
In the discussion on the Indo-Pacific issue, the Minister of State said, "He (Sweden's Minister) has asked to know about the Indo-Pacific Outlook. We have talked about our foreign policy. We explained that we have done the Indo-Pacific Outlook depending on foreign policy. We have the support for the rule based order. They welcome the situation. They are welcomed.
"We have discussed the context of the Zodiac-Ukraine issue in the Ukraine war," said the Ukraine war, and we have discussed the issue of food security and how we are going forward on various issues including food security. We have said that we have called to stop the war despite our relationship with Rashita.
The Minister of State said that the Rohingya issue is being discussed and he will visit the Rohingya camps. He will show how he can help the Rohingyas return to the country and help them with humanitarian support.
