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NAM still relevant

Foreign minister tells 17th ministerial meet in Algiers; separately, his deputy claims Dhaka is facing no problems in bilateral dealings

Diplomatic Correspondent
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali has said Bangladesh firmly believes in the continued relevance of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in the changed global realities.
"The essential plurality of NAM allows us to accommodate different dispensations within our membership, based on our mutual respect for each other's sovereign rights and equality," he told the 17th Session of the Ministerial Meeting of the NAM Coordinating Bureau, which began in Algiers, the capital of Algeria, yesterday.
"We are guided by the recognition that each one of our member states would have to find its own equilibrium and standing in the community of nations at its own pace and terms."
Focusing on the post-2015 sustainable development framework, the minister stressed the importance of multilateral trading, concluding of the proposed international instrument on climate change by 2015, and the urgency of promoting safe migration.
Representatives of 120 member states of the NAM attended the meeting.
'NO PROBLEM IN BILATERAL TIES'
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam yesterday claimed that Dhaka was not facing any problems at the
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Sworking level with other countries, including the super powers, because those countries had full “confidence'' in the present government.
"Our bilateral dealings with foreign countries, like Japan, India, Russia, China, and even with the USA, are progressing with a good pace," he told a press conference on the just-concluded Japan visit by the prime minister at the foreign ministry.
Shahriar Alam said the foreign countries were convinced that Bangladesh was the best location with the bright prospect for investment.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is likely to visit Dhaka by late August, he informed.
Shahriar said Bangladesh-Japan relations reached a new height after Japan pledged to provide US$6 billion to Bangladesh in the next four to five years. It proves that the Bangladesh's relations with Japan are much better than anytime in the past, he said.
Besides, he said, the government would implement several projects, including a 1,200-megawatts power plant, with a Japanese loan package worth $1.18 billion. For Japanese investors, Bangladesh would preserve 40 plots in five EPZs, he said.