BD student in Ukraine sought repatriation unnecessarily: Official

Bangladesh Embassy in Moscow has said the request for help by a student for repatriation was ‘unnecessary’ and intended to ‘create panic’. Earlier on Monday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs received a request from a student studying in the Luhansk State Medical University in the trouble-torn eastern part of Ukraine seeking help for repatriation. The ministry then requested Bangladesh Embassy in Moscow to contact the students in Ukraine. Accordingly, the Embassy contacted Florinda Francis, a fifth year Bangladeshi medical student of the university and the President of Bangladeshi Students Association. Francis informed that the existing situation in Luhansk was peaceful and was not affecting their personal and education life. She also informed that there were foreign students from 63 countries and they were continuing their studies and the request for help was unnecessary and was intended to create panic. The Bangladesh Embassy in Moscow also contacted Bolgov Dmitry Michailovich, the Dean of Foreign Students of the University, and requested him to provide all possible help and cooperation to the Bangladeshi students should it require. The Dean assured the Embassy that the University would render all support to Bangladeshi students, if needed. The Embassy is in touch with the students as well as the university authorities and is ready to extend all assistance to Bangladeshi students in Luhansk State Medical University as and when required, according to a Foreign Ministry media note.