Foreign members of the first delegation distinguished guest ladies and gentlemen a very good evening sir ah Mr President it is my great pleasure and honor to host you at this banquet in November 2021 I’m delighted that you have accepted my invitation to visit Bangladesh the people of Bangladesh joined me in
Welcoming you and your delegation here France called a special place in our hearts and Imagination my father father of the nation was greatly inspired by the spirit of the French Revolution he dedicated his life to promote the values of Liberty equality and Fraternity in his fight for self-determination
This was also reflected in his historic space of 7th March 1971 when he said I quote our struggle this time is for our Liberation our struggle this time is for Independence few minutes ago you have listened the tune called for freedom is with Global intellectuals Life Andrea Malco
Who mobilized a number of young people to fight for our cause it often starts me that President macro with his forward March movement carries uh the proud Legacy of merlot and his followers we admire you Mr President for the many bold reforms you have undertaken in France 0.5
We find you to be a bit of fresh air in international politics your push for strategic autonomy legally aligned with our own foreign policy the term friendship to all malice donor given to us by by Rahman France has been our trusted development Partners since our independence we have developed a robust trade
Partnership with focus on responsible business conduct we are opening up new areas of cooperation in strategic assets and Advanced Technologies I am confident that our bilateral relations can move to strategic engagements for the shared prosperity for all in the in the Pacific and Beyond a partnership can be a meaningful Force
To address the multiple crises of the worst climate change and cost of living that our world is facing now on a lighter note we have arrays for you to have a test of our unit Kachi Biryani both our nation the nations are extremely proud of our Cuisine culture
And linguistic how it is it is time to promote further interface and fusion between our two cultures to bring our two peoples closer to each other may I propose a toast to your health with another delicacy of ours juice made of amra a popular local fruit may I
Invite you to come I invite you to come and say few words to our people and I want to have the truth Bangladesh friendship Long Live Bangladesh friendship friends Bangladesh friends friendship yeah thank you honorable prime minister may we now cordially invite honorable president of the French Republic
Emmanuel macron to kindly deliver his speech [Applause] thank you very much another prime minister your expenses dear friends I’m most grateful for your warm welcome in Dhaka and for making our visit a great cities and I would also like to thank our friends around the table we say from Bangladesh or France
Who have gathered tonight in the spirit of friendship at the core of our relationship when I look back at our history we got closer during the most difficult times as if despite the distance our two people share a deep sense of Brotherhood already in 1757 during the war known Battle of Plessy
When the East Indian company was about to build a private Empire the French picked aside and supported the voice royalty of Vanguard no offense to our British friends but I may say we were on the right side of the story I thought we were far from the current regular contacts between our two
Societies and our two countries the first dialogue started at that time between our two people through the ships of Traders and soldiers and only 50 52 years ago we realized that we belong to the same family a family will gathers women and men ready to sacrifice their life for freedom
One of our most eminent intelligence he mentioned him embodied this common Idol during The Liberation War he stayed loud and clear the petitions and speeches won’t be enough given the future of the nation at stake all the young women and men of Goodwill should come and fight behind this call
There was a genuine admiration for the people of Bangladesh he admired The Bravery and the resilience of a Nation strongly to defend the language its culture and more broadly it’s dignity he knew the finest flower of your literature too for the works of the great tagore were
Translated into French very early on and his poem were transposed by our writer Andre thanks to the greatest writer poet philosopher and simple Genius of the 20th centuries at West ago the exceptional beauty of Bengali resonates in your national anthem hirodin Thomas [Applause] I wanted during my trip to pay tribute
To this common history that bind us together in adversity that’s why I will be visiting tomorrow highly symbolic place in the history of the struggle for indefinance your father’s personal residence from which from which he led several movements that led to the country’s Independence I think the best way to pay tribute to
The martyrs would be to acknowledge the tremendous success of Bangladesh over the years based on Democratic principles and the rule of law at the core of your identity Bangladesh is progressively retrieving its place on the world page crossroads for trade science and culture those assets will be more than needed to
Face the current challenges especially climate change from the immensity of your beach to the beauty of your legs and the depths of the great Mongrel forests a country where nature is as abundant as you I mean as yours knows the importance of preserving its environment I want to praise your leadership on this
Issue and you can count on France and our full support in order to convince the country is mainly responsible for the emission of greenhouse gases but also to help you to adapt France will be again on your side in a region facing new imperialism we want to propose a third way
With no intention to bully our partners or to lead them to unsustainable scheme and as you did during The Liberation War all our strategy is focused on strengthening the independence and the Strategic autonomy of our friends to give them the freedom of sovereignty and this way definitely climate change
A sustainable approach from a geopolitical point of view in this region it’s possible because what you did during the past decade is just a unique economic success and I want to command you as well or you fight against poverty and your incredible results from an economic point of view
More than three decades after Francois visits we are opening a new page of our long-standing relationship
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