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| India-Pakistan |
| Bangla committed to fighting terror |
| 2003-01-03 |
| Bangladesh Foreign Minister M. Morshed Khan said yesterday his country was committed to fighting terrorism in all its forms and expressed a desire for closer ties with China and Southeast Asian nations. Probably good people to be friends with... Announcing six major objectives of the country's foreign policy for 2003, Khan said a desire to diversify diplomatic contacts did not mean that Bangladesh wanted to distance itself from more immediate neighbours. Without India, it'd still be East Pakistan, wouldn't it? Is there a word for "gratitude" in Bengali? The policy focus, he said, will be on ensuring national security while strengthening ties with immediate neighbours on the basis of promoting mutual interests. "We want to ensure national security in a stable regional context to project the image of Bangladesh as a responsible, peace-loving country," he said. "There have been nasty efforts to project Bangladesh as a land of fundamentalists... but I firmly assert that Bangladesh remains a land of democracy and communal harmony." That was actually somewhat so, until the fundos started moving in... The minister maintained that Bangladesh had been able to overcome all such suggestions and would "expand our efforts in the year 2003 to improve our country's image among friends and business partners." When they start tossing the al-Qaeda guys and jugging their local fundos, then we'll see if they're serious. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 Actually, it's nice to see a headline from Bangladesh that doesn't contain the words "famine", "cyclone", or "bus crash". |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-01-04 00:55:54 |
| #1 "your country's image" Let's see. A creation of India, all of six inches above sea level, poorer than dirt poor, Bengalis hated by all other tribes surrounding you. OK, I give up. |
| Posted by: Chuck 2003-01-03 11:15:45 |