Israeli atrocities against Palestine HR violation, says Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina termed on Tuesday the process of pushing force by Israel upon the Palestine as violation of human rights, reports UNB.

She also condemned the relocation of US Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv.

The Prime Minister said this when Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim phoned her in the evening to invite her to attend the special summit of the OIC on Palestine issue on May 18.

Binali Yildirim called Sheikh Hasina at 7:30 pm and they talked for over 15 minutes, said PM's press secretary Ihsanul Karim.

He said the Turkish PM informed his Bangladeshi counterpart that the OIC has called a special summit on the recent Palestinian issue on May 18. Praising the initiative as a time-befitting one, Hasina urged the Muslim Ummah to remain united.

She also reiterated Bangladesh's stance for an independent Palestine state.