James Cleverly, the British foreign minister, thanked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today for attending Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, describing it as one of the high points in the partnership between the UK and Bangladesh.
The remarks were made during a telephone call between the British Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Affairs and his Bangladeshi counterpart, Dr. AK Abdul Momen, according to a news release from the foreign ministry.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina attended the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on September 19 at Westminster Abbey in London, the capital of the United Kingdom.
Since it was the first conversation between the two foreign ministers since Cleverly became secretary of state last month, Dr. Momen congratulated his British counterpart during the phone call.
Both ministers acknowledged their delight with the current strong bilateral ties between Bangladesh and the UK and expressed hope that they would continue to grow in the days to come.
Dr Momen thanked the UK government for being beside Bangladesh on the Rohingya issue and requested Britain to play more firm and effective role for commencing the repatriation of the displaced people to Myanmar from Bangladesh.
The British foreign minister assured that his government would support Bangladesh at different international forums to resolve the Rohingya crisis.
