The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Dr. Faisal Al-Miqdad received on Wednesday the credentials of Ambassador Nahid Sobhani as a non-resident ambassador of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to the Syrian Arab Republic.
Minister Al-Miqdad welcomed Ambassador Sobhani, wishing her success in performing her duties and strengthening relations between the two countries. He stressed that the relations between Syria and Bangladesh are historically friendly, pointing to possible prospects for cooperation in all political, economic and social fields.
For her part, Ambassador Sobhani spoke about the deeply rooted friendly relations between Syria and Bangladesh since the 1970s, expressing her aspiration to work for the development and expansion of these relations in all fields. She highlighted Bangladesh’s continued support for the just causes of the Syrian Arab people in international forums, especially the issue of liberating the occupied territories in the Syrian Arab Golan.
From the Syrian side, the meeting was attended by Dr. Bashar Al-Jaafari, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ambassador Dr. Ghassan Obaid, Director of Protocol Department, Qusay Mustafa from Asia Department, Dr. Abdullah Hallaq, Director of the Private Office Department, and Roa Sharbaji from the Minister’s Office.
From the Bangladeshi side, the meeting was attended by Nazrul Islam, the Bangladeshi ambassador to Ethiopia, Muhammad Bashir from the Bangladeshi embassy in Damascus, in addition to Muhammad Rustam, the honorary consul of Bangladesh in Damascus.
Inas Abdulkareem