Bangabandhu’s farsightedness shaped foreign policy visions of Bangladesh
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said Bangabandhu was ideologically very upright, yet essentially pragmatic to uphold the best interest of his country.
“He, therefore, decided to pursue a neutral foreign policy based on universal values and principles,” he said while speaking at a webinar organized by Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the United Nations, New York in collaboration with the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies, University of California, Berkeley.
Eminent international speakers, Salil Tripathi, award winning author and journalist, Tom A Dine, senior diplomat, US Foreign Services &friends of Bangladesh liberation war honoree and Prof Syed Anwar Husain, Bangabandhu Chair, Bangladesh University of Professionals were present as panelists.
‘Bangabandhu’s far-sightedness shaped foreign policy visions’
Diplomatic Correspondent
2nd March, 2021 10:25:20
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman s foreign policy was marked by dynamism coupled with neutrality and high moral standing in the global arena. Bangabandhu was ideologically very upright, yet essentially pragmatic to uphold the best interest of his country. He, therefore, decided to pursue a neutral foreign policy based on universal values and principles, he said.
The Foreign Minister said Bangabandhu projected Bangladesh as a peace-loving nation with a high aspiration for transformative change in the lives and livelihood of its people. “It earned Bangladesh the recognition of almost all the countries of the world within a very short span of time.”