News Desk :
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has thanked his Gambian counterpart for taking the initiative to stand for the cause of the Rohingyas and assured him of continued support from Bangladesh.
The Gambia had filed a case against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, the Netherlands in 2019, reports UNB.
Dr Momen had a meeting with his Gambia counterpart Mamadou Tangara during the recent Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF) held in Turkey.
The two foreign ministers discussed the issue of the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals, known as the Rohingyas, in detail, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Wednesday.
Dr Momen also held a meeting with Abdul Aziz Kamilov, the foreign minister of Uzbekistan, on the sidelines of ADF.
The foreign ministers discussed the possibility of increasing trade and connectivity between the two countries in detail.
Dr Momen invited Abdul Aziz to visit Bangladesh.
The Uzbekistan foreign minister thanked Dr Momen and informed him that he would be happy to visit Bangladesh soon, at a mutually convenient time.
