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Govt fully prepared to tackle diplomatic barriers

Says new state minister for foreign affairs; Nahid plans continuation of efforts to ensure quality of education

City Desk
New State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam yesterday said the new government is fully prepared to face any barriers to maintaining friendly relations with the international community.
"We do not consider anything as threat before us... we are prepared for any future barriers," he told reporters.
Meanwhile, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid thinks that his ministry would continue its endeavour to improve quality of education taking it as the main challenge ahead.
State Minister Shahriar said the presence of a large number of foreign diplomats at Sunday's oath-taking ceremony clearly proves that the international community has full support for the new government, reports our diplomatic correspondent.
"Otherwise they (diplomats) would have skipped it," he observed.
Shahriar made the remarks at his first press meet with diplomatic correspondents at the foreign ministry when journalists sought his comment on how the government will move forward amidst the widespread criticism from the international community over the January 5 elections.
The state minister said BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami have no moral right to do politics.
Speaking about the war crimes trial, Shahriar said though there has been conspiracy at both home and abroad to halt the trial, but the government would be able to overcome any obstruction in this regard.
Replying to anther query, he claimed that there is no tradition that every country will have to make phone calls to greet the new government.
On restoration of GSP facility in the LIS market, he said, "That's a challenge. (But) 1 would say it's a matter of time now only to get that back. It's my personal belief. We'll also give priority to increase business in the European market." The state minister said the government would give priority to make Bangladesh missions abroad more business-friendly.
He expressed his optimism over the settlement of the land boundary agreement (LBA) and theTeesta water sharing deal with India soon.
Responding to another question, Shahriar said, "Hopefully we'll have a full-fledged minister within the next couple of weeks."
Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque and DG (External Publicity) M Shameem Ahsan were also present.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid also talked to journalists after assuming office yesterday, reports one of our staff correspondents.
Nahid said, "We've plenty of big tasks in the days to come and some of them are in the process. But our centre of focus would be improving quality of education further."
He, however, said it would not be possible to ensure quality education overnight as it's a continuous process.
The education minister said another major task of his ministry is to ensure students' efficiency so that they can face the challenges of the 21 st century.