Germany has welcomed the dialogue between ruling party Awami League and the opposition parties.
The appreciation was made when new German Ambassador Peter Fahrenholtz made his first courtesy call on Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali at his office Thursday, said a foreign ministry press release.
The German ambassador termed the as an “important step forward”.
He further expressed high confidence that “the elections will be very good and everybody will move forward.”
The foreign minister briefed the ambassador about Rohingya crisis, including recent developments that took place during the Joint Working Group meeting held in Dhaka on Tuesday.
The ambassador assured to extend continued political support, particularly within EU and the UN Security Council, where Germany will assume its non-permanent membership from January 2019.
Ambassador Fahrenholtz praised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her leadership and ‘personal integrity’ in realizing the “great vision to move Bangladesh forward” with ongoing large-scale infrastructure projects like Padma Bridge, ‘new hub’ of infrastructure projects in Payra and other mega-projects.
Globally acclaimed German multinational Siemens’ participation in this mega-project, with more than 1300 MW power generation, will act as a ‘light house’ for more German investment in Bangladesh, the Ambassador observed.
He also thanked the foreign minister for his steadfast support for the e-passport project, which a German public/private company “Veridos GmbH” is currently implementing.