PM holds bilateral meetings on UNGA sidelines

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today had bilateral meetings with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Timor-Leste President Dr Jose Ramos-Horta and Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on the sidelines of the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session in New York.

"Issues regarding interest of Bangladesh were discussed during the meetings," Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said in a media briefing on PM's daily engagements after the meetings at the bilateral meeting room in the United Nations Headquarters.

Momen also said Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi paid a courtesy call on Sheikh Hasina at the place of residence in New York.

The foreign minister said, that during the meeting, the prime minister stressed the need for peaceful use of nuclear energy and reiterated Bangladesh's steadfast commitment to nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.

The premier recalled that Bangladesh ratified the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty after she formed government for her first term.

She expressed her sincere thanks to IAEA for providing technical support to the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission and Savar Nuclear Reactor Research Establishment.