The United Kingdom wants to work with all the institutions with Bangladesh so that democracy flourishes in the country.
Newly appointed British High Commissioner Alison Blake at a press conference Wednesday said they are here to work with the government, parliament, all political parties for flourishing democracy.
Blake came to Dhaka last week and submitted her credential before President Abdul Hamid Tuesday.
She said both countries have parliamentary democracies and it is no secret that London had expressed concerns in the past about conduct of some elections.
She, however, said the recent local election passed more peacefully than some had in the past and the opposition parties were able to participate.
“We will continue to support Bangladesh to carry participatory, free and fair elections at all level,” she added.
The high commissioner said her main priority was to work with everybody here to build a bright future for Bangladesh and for the UK.
About the security situation, she said: “Clearly, we like Bangladesh to take security and safety of our citizens very very strongly.”
About the enhancement of the airport security, she said they were engaged with Bangladesh and other countries after bomb explosion on a Russian airliner in Egypt in October.
“The UK contacted a number of nations to work with them around aviation security because the terrorist who brought down the airliner, the terrorist network that is behind that, they are global threat, it is not just Egypt,” she said adding: “We had a good dialogue, we had officials coming here, and it is progressing.”