What’s the significance of Saudi Arabia-Bangladesh military diplomacy ?
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Jubeda Chowdhury
Contd from previous issue
Hopefully, in the changed world situation and in the international political context, Saudi Arabia-Bangladesh good relations will play a strong role in the Muslim world. Wherever Muslims in the world, including Syria, Iraq, Palestine and Myanmar, are being persecuted and oppressed, they will play an effective role in solving their problems. Every Muslim around the world has high hopes for Saudi Arabia. We hope that in the coming years, Saudi Arabia will do its best to fulfill its responsibilities through good relations with all Muslim countries, including Bangladesh. The bilateral relationship between Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia has recently become more cordial.
Specific Areas for cooperation
1. In conformity with the Bangladesh government’s “zero tolerance” policy against terrorism and violent extremism, Bangladesh has joined the Saudi-led military alliance (IMCTC), a pan-Islamic unified front of 41 countries.
2. At different times, Bangladesh strongly condemned the Houthi militias’ drone attacks targeting parts of Saudi Arabia.
3. Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia signed an MoU to further bolster military cooperation in 2019.
4. Saudi Arabia has signed a security deal with Bangladesh to tackle drugs and human trafficking on November 12, 2022.
5. The security deal covered training, efforts to curb drug and human trafficking, as well as cybercrime and other multinational crimes.
6. The deal will also boost exchange training and visits between the country’s two security forces.
Bangladesh and KSA can strengthen cooperation in Cyber Security and help acquire advanced intelligence technologies. Bangladesh and KSA can continue this collaboration regarding stability and security in the future.
Bangladesh’s support for the KSA relations with Iran and peaceful Middle East
Bangladesh is a peace-loving country and welcomes the move by Iran and Saudi Arabia to restore diplomatic ties. The issue of re-establishing relations of the KSA with Syria came to the fore shortly after the announcement of the re-establishment of diplomatic relations with Iran in March of this year.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visits Moscow. At that time, Russia mediated the restoration of Saudi-Syrian relations.
On April 12, a meeting was held at the level of foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and Syria. In the meeting, Saudi Arabia agreed to help Syria return under the Arab umbrella. Both Saudi Arabia and Iran serve as major players in the Middle East, diverging in their regional outlooks as they compete for regional dominance. Despite this, their bilateral relations are strengthening, which has important implications for the growth of the economy of Bangladesh. Bangladesh is a significant economic and political partner of both nations, and a notable friend of China. It received Iran-Saudi relationship positively and welcomes the decision to resume the diplomatic ties.
(To be contd)
Contd from previous issue
Hopefully, in the changed world situation and in the international political context, Saudi Arabia-Bangladesh good relations will play a strong role in the Muslim world. Wherever Muslims in the world, including Syria, Iraq, Palestine and Myanmar, are being persecuted and oppressed, they will play an effective role in solving their problems. Every Muslim around the world has high hopes for Saudi Arabia. We hope that in the coming years, Saudi Arabia will do its best to fulfill its responsibilities through good relations with all Muslim countries, including Bangladesh. The bilateral relationship between Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia has recently become more cordial.
Specific Areas for cooperation
1. In conformity with the Bangladesh government’s “zero tolerance” policy against terrorism and violent extremism, Bangladesh has joined the Saudi-led military alliance (IMCTC), a pan-Islamic unified front of 41 countries.
2. At different times, Bangladesh strongly condemned the Houthi militias’ drone attacks targeting parts of Saudi Arabia.
3. Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia signed an MoU to further bolster military cooperation in 2019.
4. Saudi Arabia has signed a security deal with Bangladesh to tackle drugs and human trafficking on November 12, 2022.
5. The security deal covered training, efforts to curb drug and human trafficking, as well as cybercrime and other multinational crimes.
6. The deal will also boost exchange training and visits between the country’s two security forces.
Bangladesh and KSA can strengthen cooperation in Cyber Security and help acquire advanced intelligence technologies. Bangladesh and KSA can continue this collaboration regarding stability and security in the future.
Bangladesh’s support for the KSA relations with Iran and peaceful Middle East
Bangladesh is a peace-loving country and welcomes the move by Iran and Saudi Arabia to restore diplomatic ties. The issue of re-establishing relations of the KSA with Syria came to the fore shortly after the announcement of the re-establishment of diplomatic relations with Iran in March of this year.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visits Moscow. At that time, Russia mediated the restoration of Saudi-Syrian relations.
On April 12, a meeting was held at the level of foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and Syria. In the meeting, Saudi Arabia agreed to help Syria return under the Arab umbrella. Both Saudi Arabia and Iran serve as major players in the Middle East, diverging in their regional outlooks as they compete for regional dominance. Despite this, their bilateral relations are strengthening, which has important implications for the growth of the economy of Bangladesh. Bangladesh is a significant economic and political partner of both nations, and a notable friend of China. It received Iran-Saudi relationship positively and welcomes the decision to resume the diplomatic ties.
(To be contd)