The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Thursday said that the country鈥檚 people deserved a future free from fear, oppression and political uncertainty.
Addressing an Iftar party in honour of diplomats at the Westin Hotel in the city, BNP secretary general Fakhrul Islam Alamgir also said that the clear path forward was a swift return to democracy through a free and fair national election.
The BNP leader said that his party remained committed to upholding democracy, accountability, the rule of law, good governance, justice, and human rights, in accordance with the UN Charter.
Following the fall of the Sheik Hasina-led Awami League regime, an interim government has been tasked with overseeing a smooth transition to democracy, said Fakhrul.
He said that Bangladesh expected that its global friends and partners would respect the principles of non-interference, sovereignty and peaceful resolution of disputes for collective growth.
鈥榃e want to work closely with our partners to ensure the collective progress of our region through democracy and liberal trade partnerships and we look forward to enhancing people-to-people interactions in the coming days,鈥� the BNP leader said.
Fakhrul said that the BNP wanted to ensure that Bangladesh's political fate would be decided solely by its people.
British high commissioner Sarah Cooke, former US ambassador John Danilovich, acting US ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson, German ambassador Achim Tr枚ster, Chinese ambassador Yao Wen, Indian high commissioner Pranay Kumar Verma, Pakistan high commissioner Syed Ahmed Maroof and European Union ambassador Michael William Miller, along with diplomats from Russia, Japan, Canada, the United Arab Emirates, Norway, Sweden, Spain, France, Italy, South Korea, Nepal, Iraq and several other countries attended the event.
