Dhaka to join Southeast Asian amity treaty
Thursday, 26 July 2007
FE Report
Bangladesh is set to join the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) in Southeast Asia soon.
The council of advisers approved Wednesday a proposal in this connection, an official handout said.
Chaired by Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed, the meeting was held at his office in the city.
The meeting was told that Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury would leave Dhaka for Philippines to sign the TAC during the ensuing 14th Ministerial Conference of the Asian Regional Forum (ARF).
After four years of diplomatic efforts, Bangladesh got the membership of the ARF last year, the handout mentioned.
The purpose of the treaty is to promote perpetual peace, everlasting amity and cooperation among their peoples which would contribute to their strength, solidarity and closer relationship, sources said.
Besides, the health ministry presented in the meeting the Accelerate Service Delivery Plan-2007, which was undertaken by the government to strengthen the Health, Nutrition and Population Sector Project (HNPSP) for the period of 2003-2010, it mentioned.
Bangladesh is set to join the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) in Southeast Asia soon.
The council of advisers approved Wednesday a proposal in this connection, an official handout said.
Chaired by Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed, the meeting was held at his office in the city.
The meeting was told that Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury would leave Dhaka for Philippines to sign the TAC during the ensuing 14th Ministerial Conference of the Asian Regional Forum (ARF).
After four years of diplomatic efforts, Bangladesh got the membership of the ARF last year, the handout mentioned.
The purpose of the treaty is to promote perpetual peace, everlasting amity and cooperation among their peoples which would contribute to their strength, solidarity and closer relationship, sources said.
Besides, the health ministry presented in the meeting the Accelerate Service Delivery Plan-2007, which was undertaken by the government to strengthen the Health, Nutrition and Population Sector Project (HNPSP) for the period of 2003-2010, it mentioned.