Hasina proposes creating common fund under OIC
Sunday, 11 July 2010
RIYADH, July 10 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has proposed creating a common fund under the OIC for the welfare of its member countries.
She made the proposal during a meeting with Saudi State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Nizar Obaid Madani during her stopover at King Khaled International Airport here Friday evening on way home from Nigeria.
The common fund can be used for various development activities of the OIC members, Hasina said, adding that this is just a preliminary idea of hers and the OIC members might think about it.
Referring to her previous visit to Saudi Arabia, she requested the Saudi government to resolve the Akama problem of the 1.5 million expatriate Bangladeshis in the Kingdom.
Prime Minister's Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad briefed the reporters after the meeting.
"The Akama problem was not addressed fully. I would request you to resolve the problem," the PM's press secretary quoted Sheikh Hasina as saying to Nizar Madani.
The Prime Minister said that her government expects more investment in different sectors in Bangladesh from Muslim countries, especially from Saudi Arabia.
In this connection, she said that Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh have already signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on power sector.
Hasina informed the Saudi minister that the extension work of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque, which was started during her previous tenure with financial assistance from Saudi Arabia but "stopped during the BNP-Jamaat government," was successfully completed this time.
She requested Dr Nizar to import more pharmaceuticals from Bangladesh as these are world standard and exported to different EU, American and African countries.
She made the proposal during a meeting with Saudi State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Nizar Obaid Madani during her stopover at King Khaled International Airport here Friday evening on way home from Nigeria.
The common fund can be used for various development activities of the OIC members, Hasina said, adding that this is just a preliminary idea of hers and the OIC members might think about it.
Referring to her previous visit to Saudi Arabia, she requested the Saudi government to resolve the Akama problem of the 1.5 million expatriate Bangladeshis in the Kingdom.
Prime Minister's Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad briefed the reporters after the meeting.
"The Akama problem was not addressed fully. I would request you to resolve the problem," the PM's press secretary quoted Sheikh Hasina as saying to Nizar Madani.
The Prime Minister said that her government expects more investment in different sectors in Bangladesh from Muslim countries, especially from Saudi Arabia.
In this connection, she said that Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh have already signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on power sector.
Hasina informed the Saudi minister that the extension work of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque, which was started during her previous tenure with financial assistance from Saudi Arabia but "stopped during the BNP-Jamaat government," was successfully completed this time.
She requested Dr Nizar to import more pharmaceuticals from Bangladesh as these are world standard and exported to different EU, American and African countries.