DHAKA: High Commissioner for Pakistan Imran Ahmed Siddiqui on Monday called on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, as both the leaders decided to further strengthen bilateral relations between the countries.
According to a statement issued by Pakistan High Commission in Bangladesh, this was the high commissioner’s second meeting with the Bangladeshi prime minister, where he conveyed Prime Minister Imran Khan’s message of goodwill and friendship.
The High Commissioner conveyed Prime Minister @ImranKhanPTI’s message of goodwill and friendship to Hon. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the people of #Bangladesh. Prime Minister Hasina reciprocated her good wishes for the leadership and people of #Pakistan. (2/5)
— Pakistan High Commission Bangladesh (@PakinBangladesh) October 25, 2021
In return, according to the statement, the prime minister reciprocated her good wishes for the leadership and people of Pakistan. “The meeting which lasted for 45 minutes was held in a very cordial environment,” the statement added.
The high commissioner thanked Hasina for her support in implementing his diplomatic mandate in Bangladesh. The high commissioner presented a photo album of former prime minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s visit to Pakistan in 1974 to attend an Organisation of Islamic Cooperation summit.
The envoy also shared videos of his engagements in Pakistan during the summit, a photograph of Rahman’s portrait in Lahore Museum, as well as a Bangla version of a coffee table book “Alla’ma bil Qalam” containing calligraph-art rendered by Pakistani artists. “Prime Minister Hasina thanked the high commissioner for the gifts.”
