Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the global leaders to stop genocide in Gaza.
“Bangladesh has always stood against genocide. What is happening in Gaza, I feel it is genocide. So we never support it,” she said in an interview with Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency on the sidelines of Munich Security Conference 2024 on Saturday.
She also said the Palestinian people have the right to live and have their own state.
“The Gaza people have the right to live but it is a very sad thing what is happening there. So we should help them, and stop this invasion and war,” she said.
Sheikh Hasina has called upon the world leaders to support and help “the suffering children, women, and people of Palestine.”
She said Bangladesh has already sent some assistance for them. Replying to a query on a planned Israeli operation on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, the premier said they have never supported such an offensive.
“Palestinian people should have the right to have their own state, that is clear,” she said.
She continued, “There is a two state theory in the 1967 UN resolution. It should be implemented immediately.”
PM heads home Sunday night
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave for home on Sunday night after wrapping up her three-day official visit to attend Munich Security Conference-2024.
A regular flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the premier and her entourage members is scheduled to depart from Munich Franz Josef Strauss Airport, in Munich of Germany around 9:10pm (local time).
Bangladesh Ambassador to Germany Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan will see the prime minister off at the airport. The flight will land at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka at 11am on February 19.
The premier arrived in Munich on February 15 evening marking her first official visit since assuming office after winning the 12th parliamentary election.
During her stay in Munich, Sheikh Hasina attended the opening ceremony of the Munich Security Conference and held meetings with global leaders on the sidelines of the conference.
