Momen denounces appeal for Prof Yunus

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday questioned the “intentions of some people who are talking against Bangladesh and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina”.

“It does not matter much. It is irrational and not objective,” he said at the foreign ministry when a reporter asked him about an appeal made by 40 world leaders regarding Prof Muhammad Yunus.

The global leaders expressed their “deep concerns for the well-being” of the Nobel laureate in an open letter to Hasina.

The letter also appeared as a full-page ad in the Washington Post on Tuesday, March 7, 2023.

Momen said Bangladesh is a role model of development, and the world acknowledged this.

He said the PM is a determined and courageous lady, and those who are talking are on a mission to create an “unstable environment”.

Highlighting his engagements in New Delhi during the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting, Momen said, “We are very pleased. India has done a very good and unique job.”

He also raised bilateral issues during a meeting with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar. “We told them to keep the commitment on border issues.”

Momen said India will send diesel to Bangladesh, and Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi will inaugurate the initiative on March 18.