Germany welcomes dialogue, lauds Hasina’s leadership
German Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Fahrenholtz on Thursday welcomed the dialogue between the ruling party Awami League and Oikyafront leaders and beyond as an “important step forward”.
He expressed high confidence that “the elections
will be very good and everybody will move forward.”
The new German envoy made the remarks when he met Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali at his office.
He highly acclaimed the ‘impressive development’ and ‘positive momentum’ that Bangladesh achieved in the recent past.
The diplomat praised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her leadership and ‘personal integrity’ in realizing the “great vision to move Bangladesh forward” with the ongoing large-scale infrastructure projects like Padma Bridge, ‘new hub’ of infrastructure projects in Payra and other mega-projects.
Ambassador Peter Fahrenholtz presented his credentials to President Abdul Hamid on September 19, said the Foreign Ministry here.
Globally acclaimed German’s multinational Siemens’ participation in this mega-project with more than 1300 MW power generation, will act as a ‘lighthouse’ for more German investment in Bangladesh, the Ambassador observed.
He also thanked Foreign Minister Ali for his steadfast support for the e-passport project, which a German public/private company “Veridos GmbH” is currently implementing.
Welcoming the new envoy, Foreign Minister Ali expressed deep satisfaction at the ongoing excellent bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Germany.
He also referred to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to Munich Security Conference in February 2017 and her fruitful bilateral meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
