Im ready to take any risk to establish peace in region: Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday voiced her strong stance to eradicating terrorist and militant activities from Bangladesh whatever it costs to establish peace in the region.
I am ready to face any sort of risk to my personal life for the sake of establishing peace in the region. I wont tolerate any terrorism or militancy, nor allow doing so in any other country using the soil of Bangladesh, she said.
Hasina announced her strong resolve at the inaugural session of the two-day Asia Pacific Peace Conference at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the city.
The inaugural session of the conference, organized by Bangladesh Peace Council, was chaired by its president former Water Resources Minister Abdur Razzak.
Representatives from different countries including Palestine, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Vietnam, Bhutan, India, Australia and Nepal also spoke on the occasion.
The Prime Minister said that she herself and her party Awami League always stood against any sort of terrorism and militancy. I am firmly committed not to allow any sort of militancy and terrorism in the country or outside the country using the soil of Bangladesh.
Mentioning that terrorism and militancy now pose a great threat to the world peace, she said: This should be stopped with iron hand. There is no scope for compromise in this regard.
Hasina said one cannot fight against terrorism and militancy alone. There should be a combined effort.
She urged the world community to engage in a collective effort for eradicating all elements against the peace.
In this connection, the Prime Minister mentioned that poverty is the main enemy of peace. Sometimes poverty gives birth to terrorism and militancy. We should also work together to fight against the poverty, she said.
She said poverty and peace cannot live together. Apart from that, it is also important to establish democracy and human rights.
She criticized the developed countries for spending huge amount in producing arms and ammunition. If you slightly reduce your expenses in this sector, it is possible to improve the living standard of around nine billion poor people across the world, she said.
Hasina urged all to cooperate with each other to establish peace and ensure basic rights of the people around the world.
In this context, she reiterated the governments stand regarding the people of Palestine and said: We are always beside Palestine brothers and sisters of Palestine, we are beside you.
The Prime Minister said Bangladesh is in favor of establishing peace in the globe and is committed to contributing its utmost for establishing peace around the world.
About the trial of war criminals in Bangladesh, she said that it is not possible to establish peace in the country without ensuring rule of law. The trial is on to establish rule of law in the country.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday voiced her strong stance to eradicating terrorist and militant activities from Bangladesh whatever it costs to establish peace in the region.
I am ready to face any sort of risk to my personal life for the sake of establishing peace in the region. I wont tolerate any terrorism or militancy, nor allow doing so in any other country using the soil of Bangladesh, she said.
Hasina announced her strong resolve at the inaugural session of the two-day Asia Pacific Peace Conference at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the city.
The inaugural session of the conference, organized by Bangladesh Peace Council, was chaired by its president former Water Resources Minister Abdur Razzak.
Representatives from different countries including Palestine, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Vietnam, Bhutan, India, Australia and Nepal also spoke on the occasion.
The Prime Minister said that she herself and her party Awami League always stood against any sort of terrorism and militancy. I am firmly committed not to allow any sort of militancy and terrorism in the country or outside the country using the soil of Bangladesh.
Mentioning that terrorism and militancy now pose a great threat to the world peace, she said: This should be stopped with iron hand. There is no scope for compromise in this regard.
Hasina said one cannot fight against terrorism and militancy alone. There should be a combined effort.
She urged the world community to engage in a collective effort for eradicating all elements against the peace.
In this connection, the Prime Minister mentioned that poverty is the main enemy of peace. Sometimes poverty gives birth to terrorism and militancy. We should also work together to fight against the poverty, she said.
She said poverty and peace cannot live together. Apart from that, it is also important to establish democracy and human rights.
She criticized the developed countries for spending huge amount in producing arms and ammunition. If you slightly reduce your expenses in this sector, it is possible to improve the living standard of around nine billion poor people across the world, she said.
Hasina urged all to cooperate with each other to establish peace and ensure basic rights of the people around the world.
In this context, she reiterated the governments stand regarding the people of Palestine and said: We are always beside Palestine brothers and sisters of Palestine, we are beside you.
The Prime Minister said Bangladesh is in favor of establishing peace in the globe and is committed to contributing its utmost for establishing peace around the world.
About the trial of war criminals in Bangladesh, she said that it is not possible to establish peace in the country without ensuring rule of law. The trial is on to establish rule of law in the country.


