DHAKA: On the sidelines of the conference, the visiting Danish Minister called on the Foreign Minister A H Mahmood Ali in the same venue.

During the call on the Danish Minister thanked the Foreign Minister for his presence in the conference. He said that Denmark would like to expand the existing cooperative relations between the two countries.

Upon query from the Danish Minister, Mahmood Ali said that all the minority communities are safe during the Awami League government.  

In response to a reference made by the Danish Minister on the political situation in Bangladesh, the Foreign Minister informed that what BNP and its allies have been doing since January 6 this year are not at all political activities or movements. 

He also said that these are purely acts of violence and terror that killed innocent common people.  The situation has come back to almost normalcy and would be absolutely normal very soon, the Foreign Minister added. He further mentioned that violence has no place in any democratic political movement to which the Danish Minister expressed his agreement.

BDST: 2142 HRS, MAR 19, 2015