BANGLADESH NEWS
Saudi Arabia on Thursday expressed satisfaction over the arrest of the killers of its embassy official Khalaf Al Ali.
Outgoing Saudi Ambassador in Dhaka Dr Abdullah Nasser Al Bussairy conveyed his government’s satisfaction when he called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganobhaban.
Khalaf, 45, an official with the consular section of the Saudi embassy in Dhaka, was shot dead near his house in the diplomatic enclave in the wee hours of March 6 this year.
Police recently arrested four persons - Al Amin, Saiful Islam Mamun, Rafiqul Islam Khokon and Akbar Ali Lalu - in connection with the killing.
Al Amin and Lalu confessed to their involvement in the killing before a Dhaka metropolitan magistrate.
Briefing reporters after the meeting, PM’s Press secretary Abul Kalam Azad said the prime minister and the Saudi ambassador discussed various issues of bilateral interest.
The prime minister expressed satisfaction at the existing fraternal relations between the two countries and hoped that the ties would be further strengthened in the coming years.
Ambassador Al Bussairy thanked the prime minister for the cooperation that was extended to him by her government in the discharge of his duties during his tenure in Bangladesh.
Ambassador at-Large M Ziauddin and Special Assistants to the Prime Minister Abdus Sobhan Golap and Mahbubul Hoque Shakil were present during the meeting.
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