Foreign diplomats meet Khaleda.

A group of foreign diplomats stationed in Dhaka on Tuesday evening met the Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, at her Gulshan office and stressed need for de-escalation of political conflict in Bangladesh. ‘Recalling our previous statements on recent events in Bangladesh, and those by the UN, we called for an end to the Bangladesh’s continuing violence,’ Australian High Commissioner Greg Wilcock told reporters emerging from Khaleda’s Gulshan office. The meeting lasted for about two hours from 6:45pm. He said that they encouraged confidence-building measures including the de-escalation of Bangladesh’s political conflict in the interest of fostering safety, stability, growth, human rights and democracy in Bangladesh. The Australian high commissioner said that their meeting with the BNP chairperson followed a similar meeting with the foreign minister on March 1. He said that as friends and partners of Bangladesh, they welcomed the opportunity to meet the BNP chairperson saying that they would continue to express their common hopes to all sides.

He said a group of ambassadors, high commissioners and charges the d’ affaires met the BNP chairperson to discuss current events in Bangladesh. A BNP leader told New Age that the party chief agreed with the statement of the foreign diplomats. Diplomats of United States, European Union, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Republic of Korea were present. BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan and BNP chairperson’s advisory council member Abdul Quyum were present at the meeting.

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