Bangladesh attached to French values: Ambassador Causeret
July 16, 2010 00:00:00
French Ambassador to Bangladesh Charley Causeret said that Bangladesh was strongly attached to the French Revolution values of liberty, equality and fraternity, reports UNB.
The Ambassador made the remarks at a reception at his residence Wednesday evening in observance of the National Day of France.
On July 14, 221 years ago, a mob took by storm a royal jail in Paris, La Bastille, in order to release innocent prisoners.
"What we are really observing today is not the fall of a fortress, in fact we are celebrating the values which were put forward following this event, namely liberty, equality and fraternity --values which need to be defended endlessly," Causeret said.
He also said that like France, Bangladesh was strongly attached to these ideals on which every democratic society is founded.