Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said, Saudi Arabia has been a good friend of Bangladesh and the friendship remains very strong.
He made this remark at the handover ceremony of 15,00,000 doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine, received as gift from Saudi Arabia and King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre, at the state guest house Padma in the capital on Tuesday, said a press release.
At the event, Momen expressed his gratitude and praised the Saudi government and the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre and said, “Saudi Arabia helped us in the past and even during the Covid-19 pandemic.”
On the occasion, Saudi Ambassador to Bangladesh Essa Yousef Essa Al duhailan handed over the vaccine to Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen and Health Minister Zahed Maleque.
Among others, Foreign Secretary (Senior Secretary) Ambassador Masood Bin Momen, Senior Secretary of Health Services Lokman Hossain Mia, Director of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center Dr Abdulla Alwadee and senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare were present on the occasion.
