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British Foreign Minister James Cleverly on Monday expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for joining the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.
Cleverly has termed the Prime Minister joining the funeral as one of the milestones of Bangladesh-UK friendship.
The British Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs made the comments at a conversation over the telephone with his Bangladesh counterpart Dr AK Abdul Momen, said a foreign ministry press release, reports BSS.
During the conversation, Dr Momen congratulated his British counterpart as it is the first-ever talk between the two foreign ministers after Cleverly assumed the office of Secretary of State last month.
Both the ministers expressed satisfaction over the existing excellent bilateral relations between Bangladesh and the UK and hoped that it would further be strengthening in future.
Dr Momen thanked the UK government for being beside Bangladesh on the Rohingya issue and requested Britain to play a more firm and effective role in commencing the repatriation of the displaced people to Myanmar.
In response, the British foreign minister assured that his government would support Bangladesh at different international forums to resolve the Rohingya crisis.
They also discussed issues related to global food and energy scarcity due to the Russia-Ukraine war.
Momen emphasized conducting peaceful dialogue to resolve the crisis.
The two foreign ministers also discussed issues related to bilateral trade and investment cooperation between the two countries.
On September 19, Sheikh Hasina joined the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II along with other world leaders at Westminster Abbey in London.
Bd-pratidin English/Golam Rosul
