Bangladesh has earned wide acknowledgment of foreign nations as it overcame a crucial political transition with 29 foreign nations so far congratulating Sheikh Hasina on reelection as the premier after the January 5 polls, reports BSS.
In the past one month, the foreign office received the congratulatory messages for the premier from heads of state or government of South and East Asian neighbours, Middle Eastern Muslim nations, and African and Latin American countries and Western allies.
"All most every day we are receiving the congratulatory messages from heads of state or government of different countries alongside the international organizations and so far we received such letters of felicitations from 29 countries and 10 organisations," a foreign office spokesman told the news agency.
He said traditional ally Kuwait and the post-Gaddafi leadership of Libya were among the latest of the countries to greet Sheikh Hasina earlier this week wishing her success in the new tenure while Iran, Egypt and Palestinians were among the other Arab or Middle Eastern nations to congratulate the Bangladesh premier earlier this week.
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the forum of Muslim nations, earlier congratulated the premier with its secretary general Iyad Ameen Madani on January 29 in a letter hoped that "under her wise and farsighted leadership, the people of Bangladesh will witness broad unity and consolidation in the coming years".
He said OIC stood ready to extend all possible support to Bangladesh in its endeavours for political unity, economic progress and social stability.
India and China, the two crucial neighbours, were among the first countries to congratulate Sheikh Hasina with their premiers sending messages to her on January 12 and 13 respectively.
Indian Prime Minister (PM) Dr Manmohan Singh called upon Sheikh Hasina on the phone alongside sending a message of felicitations on her assumption of the office for the second successive tenure and wished her "all success in the endeavour to strengthen democratic institutions in Bangladesh".
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee also greeted the Bangladesh PM in another message.
Chinese Premier Li KeQiang on the very next day in a message warmly congratulated her on her assumption of the office for another term after the polls while Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jun handed the felicitation letter to Bangladesh's foreign secretary.
The Chinese Premier said he would like to join hands with his Bangladesh counterpart "to advance Bangladesh-China comprehensive and cooperative partnership to a new height".
On the same day, Vietnam and Cambodia sent letters of felicitations to the Bangladesh premier while the foreign office received identical felicitation letters from other East Asian nations including Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Thailand and South Korea in subsequent days.
