Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud had a series of meetings on the sidelines of the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) held in Kampala, Uganda on January 19-20, reports UNB.
He had the meetings with Narayan Prakash Saud, foreign affairs minister of Nepal, Lemogang Kwape, foreign affairs minister of Botswana, and Sergei Aleinik, foreign affairs minister of Belarus.
In a busy day in Kampala, the Foreign Minister had meetings with State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Qatar Soltan bin Saad Al-Muraikh and Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia Pahala Nugraha Mansury.
His counterparts congratulated the new government in Bangladesh and, particularly, Dr Hasan Mahmud for assuming his new role.
The Foreign Minister discussed various issues of mutual interests including political, economic and strengthening people to people relations.
He is set to have a few more bilateral engagements on Saturday and Sunday.
Hasan Mahmud is leading the Bangladesh delegation to the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the third South Summit of the G77 and China scheduled on 21-22 January 2023.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Masud Bin Momen, Bangladesh Permanent Representative to the UN Muhammad A Muhith and Bangladesh High Commissioner to Kenya and Uganda Muhammad Tareque, among others, are accompanying the Foreign Minister.