Momen urges people not to pay heed to foreigners, Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen urged the populace today not to pay attention to or be misled by foreigners’ opinions, claiming that external influence never results in internal welfare in any nation.
Momen urges people not to pay heed to foreigners
“Don’t listen to foreigners, listen to your leaders,” he said while approached by journalists to make comments on some foreign diplomats’ remarks on internal affairs, at the Foreign Service Academy in the capital. The foreign minister gave example of Afghanistan, Chili and Iran while explaining how several countries had suffered due to the influence of foreign countries.
“Our experience is – when the foreigners get busy in (internal) affairs of (their) host countries, people’s welfare doesn’t take place,” he said adding that foreigners have interest of their own countries. Momen said it is “unfortunate” that leaders of some political parties go to foreigners to lobby them to involve in Bangladesh’s internal matters even after knowing that this is not good for the country.
Momen urged the opposition leaders to reach the people at the grassroots instead of seeking favour from foreigners. He said the people of Bangladesh never fail to choose the right path and they don’t make mistakes to choose the leadership. “I have much confidence in the people of this country,” he added.
The foreign minister emphasized that more than 20 Russian diplomats had been expelled by Washington due to allegations of interference in the 2016 US election. He added that Dhaka “will take (such) acts, too, if necessary.” According to the code of conduct, according to Momen, foreign diplomats can voice their concerns to the Bangladeshi government through diplomatic channels as opposed to going public. The Foreign Office Spouses’ Association had earlier held the “International Charity Bazaar,” which the foreign minister had opened.
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