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Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States Mohammad Ziauddin said the government's present struggle is against extremists, perpetrators of the crimes against humanity and anti-liberation forces in Bangladesh, reports UNB.
"Bangladesh under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is working closely with the USA, neighbours and other friendly countries to eliminate extremism and terrorism from Bangladesh and even beyond," he said.
The Bangladesh envoy made the remarks when he met Democrat Congressman Mike Honda at the Capitol Hill on Thursday, said a press release on Friday.
The diplomat discussed current political situation in Bangladesh with particular reference to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's pledge to root out extremism and ensure democratic dispensation in the country.
Discussing the political situation in Bangladesh, Ambassador Ziauddin explained the genesis of Bangladesh Awami League as a political party established in late '40s soon after the creation of Pakistan.
The Ambassador said Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami were created under the patronage of a military ruler after the brutal killing of the Father of Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The post-1975 military autocrats systematically provided impunity to the killers of the Father of the Nation and deliberately reinstated the religious and the anti-liberation forces into politics, Ziauddin added.
He said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government has vowed to show 'zero tolerance' against all forms of extremism and terrorism.
The Ambassador discussed the constitutional obligations and other perspectives of holding the 10th national parliamentary elections in 2014.
He explained the context of creation of 'International Crimes Tribunals' and said these trials will end the culture of impunity and ensure justice to the victims who had been in a trauma for the last four decades.