Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen on Sunday urged the commissioners of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation, also known as Developing-8, to adopt a joint declaration to express steadfast solidarity and support for the Palestinian People.
He made the appeal while inaugurating the two-day meeting of the 47th session of the D-8 Commission in Dhaka, reads a foreign ministry press release.
D-8 Secretary-General Ambassador Isiaka Abdulqadir Imam, commissioners from the D-8 member states and officials of the D-8 Secretariat participated in the meeting.
In his opening remarks, the foreign secretary reaffirmed Bangladesh's unwavering support for the Palestinian people's inalienable right to self-determination and a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders.
Condemning the horrific atrocities against civilians in Gaza by the Israeli occupation forces, he called for an immediate cessation of violence in the strip and humanitarian access to the conflict zones in order to save lives of the innocent civilians.
The D-8 commissioners and the D-8 secretary-general echoed the proposal of Bangladesh and agreed to adopt a joint declaration at the 47th session of the D-8 Commission.
Appreciating D-8's remarkable journey of 26 years as an economic bloc, the foreign secretary further urged the D-8 commissioners to deliver tangible outcomes of this economic cooperation by combining the efforts of the member states.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina assumed chairmanship of the D-8 from the president of Turkey on April 8, 2021 at the 10th D-8 Summit.
