Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon global leaders to take action to halt the genocide in Gaza.
“Bangladesh has always stood against genocide. What is happening in Gaza, I feel it is genocide. So, we never support it,” she said in an interview with Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference 2024 on Saturday.

She also asserted that the Palestinian people have the right to live and to have their own state.
“The people of Gaza have the right to live, but it is very sad what is happening there. So, we should help them and put an end to this invasion and war,” she emphasised.
Sheikh Hasina has urged world leaders to support and aid “the suffering children, women, and people of Palestine.”
Bangladesh, she mentioned, has already sent some assistance to them.

Responding to a query about the planned Israeli operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, the Prime Minister stated that they have never supported such an offensive.
“Palestinian people should have the right to their own state, that is clear,” she said, adding, “There is a two-state theory in the 1967 UN resolution. It should be implemented immediately.”
PM leaves Munich for home

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Munich for home on Sunday night after wrapping up her three-day official visit to attend the Munich Security Conference 2024.
A regular flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the premier and her entourage members was scheduled to depart from München Franz Josef Strauss Airport in Munchen, Germany, around 9:10pm (local time).

The flight will land at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka, at 11am today.
The premier arrived in Munich on the evening of 15 February, marking her first official visit since assuming office after winning the 12th parliamentary election.
During her stay in Munich, Sheikh Hasina attended the opening ceremony of the Munich Security Conference and held meetings with global leaders on the sidelines of the conference.

The premier had bilateral meetings with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev, Qatar Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani and Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.