‘Bangladesh won’t allow anyone to use its land’

Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen has said that Bangladesh will not allow anyone to use its land.

The foreign secretary made the remark while talking to the members of Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB) at the foreign ministry on Thursday.

“Bangladesh will not allow anyone to use its land to serve others’ interests while Dhaka is against any kind of war in the world”, he said.

“We don't want any war, be it real war or proxy war. We are against war,” he said.

He said any kind of conflict or war in the region would derail Bangladesh from achieving its goal of further development.

“For this reason, we always exercise maximum restraint,” he said referring to provocations of Myanmar during Rohingya influx in 2017.

He said there were instructions from the top leadership to exercise restraint as Bangladesh's focus remains on more development.

Replying to a query on global geopolitics, Masud said Bangladesh is trying its best to maintain balanced foreign policy through maintaining contact and communication with all the countries.