Foreign Minister A K Abdul Momen today said the government has planned to open 22 new missions in 21 countries aiming to strengthen diplomatic relations with those countries.
“Considering the multiple necessities, the government has planned to open new missions in few countries where there is no mission of the country,” the foreign minister said while responding to a starred question placed by treasury bench lawmaker Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury of Sylhet-3 in the parliament with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair, reports BSS.
He said Bangladesh has no mission in 134 countries out of 193 member states of the United Nations while it has a total of 77 missions in 58 countries.
Under the plan, Momen said, new Bangladeshi missions will be opened in Guangzu and Shanghai of China, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Laos and Kazakhstan in Asia, while Uganda, Zimbabwe, Tunisia, Tanzania and Ghana in Africa.
New Bangladesh missions will be introduced in Ireland, Scotland, Frankfort of Germany, Bulgaria, Hungary and Ukraine in Europe; while Melbourne of Australia and New Zealand in Oceania; and Argentina, Chili and Sao Paulo of Brazil in South America, he added.
Besides, the minister said, the government has already completed all the administrative processes to introduce Bangladesh missions in Chennai of India and Bucharest of Romania.