French ambassador dismisses claim of visa requests of journalists being rejected

French Ambassador to Bangladesh Marie Masdupuy has dismissed the claim of a section that ten senior journalists’ visa requests have been rejected.

The ambassador on Monday described the claim as a "lie and disinformation."

“Sport is essential in life. Some play football, some tennis, others badminton or squash. @ABhuttow’s daily sport is lie and #Disinformation. His latest record can be watched hereunder,” the French ambassador replied to a post on X, formerly Twitter.

An individual named Abdur Rab Bhuttow claimed that 10 “pro-government” senior journalists had been denied visas to travel to France.

Talking to UNB, the French ambassador said the claim is “totally false.”