Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen held a meeting with the visiting European Union (EU) election expert team at his residence in Sylhet on Wednesday. The Foreign Minister answered various questions of the delegation. However, the EU delegation did not express its opinion. The Foreign Minister said, he only listened.
He disclosed this while talking to reporters at his residence in Dhopadighir Parah area of Sylhet city after the meeting on Wednesday evening. Later AK Abdul Momen showed him his election camps.
“We said we want to maintain a balanced foreign policy, many countries are interested in us,” he said. We have a problem there. We don’t want to be anyone’s henchman. We are a free country. We want free and fair elections. Many big countries want to sell many things. We only do what is good for the people of the country. They want to forcefully sell things, but we don’t buy them. For this reason they are a little dissatisfied with us. And then they make all kinds of excuses. But we have principles. And when you have principles, people respect you. This is what we have learned. You may be poor, but you will be respected. Due to this, the respect of our country has increased a lot in the international arena.”