Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen on Saturday said that Bangladesh did not seek any suggestions from outside and noted that Bangladesh is a nation that gave blood to establish democracy and justice to ensure people’s rights.
‘I would say – let them (foreign critics) see their own faces in the mirror first before talking about others. We don’t want that much suggestion,’ he said while talking to reporters on Saturday after laying the foundation stone for the development of Saheberbazar High School and College in Sylhet Sadar Upazila.
Momen said that Bangladesh Awami League came to power again and again through ‘transparent and credible’ elections. ‘We remain very transparent.’
Without mentioning any country’s name, he said that many of them, who were giving lectures on human rights and democracy, were not beside Bangladesh when the nation fought for independence and struggled for establishing democracy, justice and human rights and when the people’s voices were denied.
Momen said that the tendency of showing hegemony had increased when Bangladesh was walking towards a better position and doing better on the economic front.
He said that the government never indulged in any extrajudicial killings and did not want to see anyone gets disappeared, but accidents happened in all the countries.
‘We are very serious so that such accidents do not happen,’ Momen said, adding that the government was ready to take steps as per the law against those responsible.
The foreign minister expressed displeasure over a section of the media mentioning that the media people go to foreigners to ask questions on Bangladesh’s internal issues.
He referred to the killings in the malls and schools (in some countries) and said that these were their problems to address.
Earlier, he spoke at a discussion as the chief guest when he said people of Sylhet are going abroad but Sylhet is far behind in education. ‘We should pay attention to that. If you study and go abroad then our economy will improve. So, we should all focus on education.’
‘To build an illiterate-free and happy and rich Sonar Bangla, we need well-educated citizens. The current government is working to create well-educated citizens,’ Momen said.
