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Bangladesh's Indo-Pacific Outlook focuses on inclusive development: Shahriar Alam

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02 September, 2023, 12:30 pm
Last modified: 02 September, 2023, 02:15 pm

Shahriar Alam said a “free, open, peaceful, secure and inclusive” Indo-Pacific is essential for peace, security, stability and growth in the region and beyond​

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam. File Photo: UNB

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam. File Photo: UNB

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam. File Photo: UNB

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam on Saturday (2 September) said Bangladesh believes that cooperation and collaboration among countries in the Indo-Pacific region are essential for the shared prosperity of all.

"Our Indo-Pacific Outlook is an attempt to tell the world that the region is for common prosperity, not just for those who live in it, but also for the whole world," he said.

The state minister was speaking at an international seminar on 'Bangladesh's Indo-Pacific Outlook: Opportunities and Way Forward' at the BIISS auditorium.

Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen and Chairman of BIISS, AFM Gousal Azam Sarker, also spoke at the event.

Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies and Bangladesh Foundation for Regional Studies hosted the daylong seminar.

As a demonstration of the world's renewed interest in the Indo-Pacific region, various Indo-Pacific strategies, visions, outlooks and guidelines have been introduced and advocated by countries/associations like the USA, EU, UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, India, ASEAN, Australia, Republic of Korea, Canada, Czech Republic, and Bangladesh at different points in time.

Asia Rebalancing Strategy, Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP), Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD), Trilateral Security Pact (AUKUS), Indo-Pacific Tilt, Security and Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR), Indo-Pacific Economic Forum for Prosperity (IPEF) have been adopted by countries centring on Indo-Pacific region to address the new security challenges as well as infrastructure, economic and technological developments in this region.

As a littoral state of the Bay of Bengal, the state minister said, Bangladesh's appreciation of the Indo-Pacific narratives is based on her foreign policy dictum "Friendship towards all, malice towards none," set forward by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Shahriar Alam said a "free, open, peaceful, secure and inclusive" Indo-Pacific is essential for peace, security, stability and growth in the region and beyond.

"Thus, our Indo-Pacific outlook is not security-centric, rather we focus on inclusive development of this region. It is not about critical choices between the major powers," the state minister for foreign affairs said.

 
Our @Black_cats is very fond of this Shahriar Alam the Pigmy from Rajshahi. I went through the article/ news, but could not really comprehend what really he wanted to convey in his Indo-Pacific message.

Rubbish!!!!
 
Indo-Pacific strategy has been put forth by the US led Western world to contain China. A vigorous technological and military development will take place among the Asia-Pacific regional countries. It will be interesting to see how China deals with this new challenge by not engaging in a military conflict with the Western world.
 

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