BD to contest for Non-Permanent Seat of UN Security Council :CA 

Bangladesh is a candidate in elections for the non-permanent seat in the UN Security Council, said Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday.

 

The CA said it during his meeting with Abdelouahab Saidani, the Ambassador of Algeria to Bangladesh, at the State Guest House Jamuna in the city, said said a spokesperson of the CA Office.

 

Bangladesh will also contest for the Non-Permanent Seat of the UN Security Council for the term 2031-2032, with the election scheduled for 2030 in New York.

 

“Chief Adviser sought Algeria’s support in the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), and the UN Security Council as Bangladesh is a candidate in elections in all these three international organisations” said the spokesperson.

 

The Chief Adviser also invited his Algerian counterpart to visit Bangladesh and requested the country to send their business delegations to Dhaka in an effort to deepen trade and investment ties.

 

During the meeting, the ambassador said his country would continue political and economic support to Bangladesh, and their energy minister will visit Dhaka in March.

 

He said that Algeria was planning to import more Bangladeshi products such as textiles, jute, pharmaceuticals, food, and electronics.

 

Lamiya Morshed, senior secretary and the chief coordinator of SDG affairs, and B M Jamal Hossain, Director General of the Foreign Ministry, were also present during the meeting.