Dhaka backs capacity building in Palestine, assures Iftekhar
Tuesday, 15 July 2008
JAKARTA, JULY 14 (BSS): Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury said Monday that Bangladesh would support capacity- building in the State of Palestine in every possible way.
Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury said this while speaking at a Ministerial Conference on Capacity- Building in Palestine organised as a part of the New Asian African Strategic Partnership, hosted jointly in the Indonesian capital by the governments of Indonesia and South Africa.
Dr Iftekhar said, Bangladesh's support to the cause of the Palestinians is abiding and unflinching. "We support these inalienable rights to have an independent state of their own with Jerusalem as the capital in accordance with all the relevant UN resolutions, the Arab Peace Plan and the Quartet Road Map,"he added.
The Foreign Adviser appreciated the current efforts of the European Union Presidency, in particular of President Nicolas Sarkozy and Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner to bring together the leaders of Palestine and Israel in Paris: "all endeavours directed towards peace in that region are to be praised."
He said: "The two peoples, the Palestinians and the Israelis, must live side by side in tranquillity as they once had. The overwhelming majority of the Palestinians and Israelis and of the peoples of the world want just that."
The Foreign Adviser specifically offered training to the Palestinians in micro-credit, youth development, women empowerment, education, administration, magistracy diplomacy and agriculture.
Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury said this while speaking at a Ministerial Conference on Capacity- Building in Palestine organised as a part of the New Asian African Strategic Partnership, hosted jointly in the Indonesian capital by the governments of Indonesia and South Africa.
Dr Iftekhar said, Bangladesh's support to the cause of the Palestinians is abiding and unflinching. "We support these inalienable rights to have an independent state of their own with Jerusalem as the capital in accordance with all the relevant UN resolutions, the Arab Peace Plan and the Quartet Road Map,"he added.
The Foreign Adviser appreciated the current efforts of the European Union Presidency, in particular of President Nicolas Sarkozy and Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner to bring together the leaders of Palestine and Israel in Paris: "all endeavours directed towards peace in that region are to be praised."
He said: "The two peoples, the Palestinians and the Israelis, must live side by side in tranquillity as they once had. The overwhelming majority of the Palestinians and Israelis and of the peoples of the world want just that."
The Foreign Adviser specifically offered training to the Palestinians in micro-credit, youth development, women empowerment, education, administration, magistracy diplomacy and agriculture.