Prime Minister Of Bangladesh wishes CHOGM Sri Lanka every
success
 The
Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, expressing appreciation
of the noteworthy progress achieved by Sri Lanka during the brief
period since the eradication of terrorism, said that she is looking
forward to attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in
Sri Lanka in November this year. She wished the Summit all success,
adding that her government would do everything in its power to
ensure an entirely positive outcome.
She made these remarks when Professor G.L. Peiris,
Minister of External Affairs, called on her at the Prime Minister's
Office in Dhaka on Thursday during his two-day official visit to
Bangladesh.
Prof. Peiris briefed her comprehensively on the
discussions which the government of Sri Lanka held with Mr. Kamalesh
Sharma, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, during his visit to
Colombo this week. He explained to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh
the plans being made by Sri Lanka to ensure that the themes and the
emphasis of the discussions at the upcoming Summit would yield
results which are immediately beneficial to all Member States of the
Commonwealth, especially developing nations which comprise the
overwhelming majority of the Commonwealth.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that she found
particularly useful the focus which Sri Lanka was placing on the
Commonwealth Business Forum, to be held on the sidelines of the
Summit. Minister Peiris briefed her, as well, on the arrangements
currently being made for the People's Forum, to be held in Dambulla
and the Youth Forum, the venue of which will be Hambantota.
Prof. Peiris thanked the government of Bangladesh
for its consistent support of Sri Lanka in international fora and
especially for its intervention at the 14th Session of the Universal
Periodic Review of Sri Lanka held in November last year. Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina responded that she is convinced of the need
for the international community to provide assistance and
co-operation for Sri Lanka's efforts to raise the social and
economic standards of its people after overcoming the challenges of
terrorism, and that her government will continue to support these
efforts.
Bangladesh occupies the Chair of the Commonwealth
Ministerial Action Group.
Source: Ministry of External Affairs |
