Bangladesh is ready to extend further support to Sri Lanka in all possible ways it can as a friend and close neighbour, during times of crisis.
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Thursday made the remarks while handing over medical assistance to Sri Lanka at a function held at State guesthouse Padma, UNB reports.
The foreign minister said this medical assistance by the government of Bangladesh to the friendly people of Sri Lanka is an expression of solidarity and friendship between the two nations when they are celebrating 50 years of diplomatic relations this year.
Over the last 50 years, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka as South Asian neighbours have been maintaining close cooperation.
"The cornerstone of our gesture is pure goodwill and friendship," Momen said, adding that "Our ability to assist with medicines and medical devices symbolises a very significant achievement of Bangladesh in the pharmaceutical industry."
The dual impacts of Covid-19 pandemic, its resultant supply-chain disruption and the war between Russia and Ukraine have distorted the global economy, the minister said.
“Mutual collaboration is much more essential in this global crisis time as every country is facing challenges of its own in varying degrees”, Momen also added.
Health Minister Zahid Maleque, President, Bangladesh Association of Pharmaceuticals Industries (BAPI) Nazmul Hasan Papan MP and High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Bangladesh Professor Sudharshan Seneviratne were present.
