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Bangladesh has expressed solidarity with Qatar’s leadership, government, and people amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and conveyed its readiness to extend any assistance should the State of Qatar consider it necessary.

The Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser, Humaiun Kobir, yesterday handed over the letter of solidarity from Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani during a meeting with Qatar’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi, in Doha.

Kobir reached the Qatari capital Sunday as part of his official tour of the Gulf region as the prime minister’s special envoy.

“In the letter, the prime minister also conveyed gratitude for measures ensuring the safety and welfare of nearly 450,000 Bangladeshi expatriates in Qatar,” according to a statement issued by the foreign ministry yesterday.

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