Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today (July 20) said the recent joint statement by foreign diplomats is a clear violation of the Vienna Convention.

He said: "I would like to urge the friendly countries to follow the Vienna Convention."

Hasan Mahmud also the Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary made the remark while replying to a question of reporters over a joint statement of 13 foreign envoys on the attack on Hero Alam at the meeting room of the ministry at Secretariat in the capital.

Earlier, the minister uncovered a book named 'Sangbadikder Smritibhashye Bangabandhu' (Bangabandhu in the memory of journalists) published by Press Institute Bangladesh (PIB).

Dr Hasan said, "The ambassadors in other countries, including India and Pakistan, don't make such statements when violence takes place. Then why such kind of statement is being made in our country? In fact, some of our political parties and some from civil society provoked them. So, the persons who provoked the diplomats are responsible."

But, he said, the foreign ambassadors should follow the code of conduct of the Vienna Convention.

PIB researchers Akil Uz Zaman Khan and Popy Debi Thapa, among others, were present in the function.

BDST: 1638 HRS, JULY 20, 2023
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