Long Live Bangladesh friends friendship [Applause] [Laughter] Yeah bman his Excellency president Emmanuel mro esteemed members of the FR delegation distinguished guest ladies and gentlemen asalam alaykum a very good evening Shand bonso uh Mr President it is my great pleasure and honor to host you at this banquet I recall your warm h Hospitality at the Alis Palace in November
2021 I’m delighted that you have accepted my invitation to visit Bangladesh the people of Bangladesh join me in welcoming you and your delegation here France hold a special place in our heart and Imagination my father father of the nation bongu Sheik Muju Rahman 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 selfdetermination 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 Babu Sheik muji’s call for freedom is with global intellectuals
Like Andre Malco who who mobilized a number of young people to fight for our cause it often strikes me that president mro with his forward March movement carries uh the proud Legacy of Merlo and his followers we admire you Mr President for the many bold reforms you have undertaken in France we
Find we find you to be a breath of fresh a in international politics your push for strategic autonomy legally alligned with our own foreign policy dict friendship to all malar given to a by by bongu shik Muju Rahman France has been our trusted development partner since our
Independence we have developed a r 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 engagement for the shared prosperity for all in the Indo Pacific and
Beyond our partnership can be a meaningful Force to address the multiple crisis of the world climate change and cost of living that our world is facing now on a lighter note we have arranged for you to have a test of our unique Ki biryani both our nation Nations and extremely proud of
Our cisin cultural and linguistic Heritage 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 to 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 you to come and say few words to our people and I want to have the to May Bangladesh friendship Long Live Bangladesh friendship friends Bangladesh friends friendship yeah [Applause] thank you honorable prime minister may we now cordially invite honorable president of the French Republic
Emmanuel macron to kindly deliver his [Applause] speech thank you very much an prime minister your excellencies dear friends I’m most grateful for your warm welcome in that up and for making our visit a great success and I would also like to thank our friends around the table be they from Bangladesh or friends
We have gathered tonight in the spirit of friendship at the core of our relation when I look back at our history we got closer during the most difficult times as if despite the distance our two peoples share a deep sense of Brotherhood already in 1757 during the world known Battle of
Plac when the East Indian company was about to build a private Empire the French picked a side and supported the vice rity of Bengal 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 contact 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 52 years ago we realized that we belong to the same family a family who gathers women and
Men ready to sacrifice their life for Freedom one of our most eminent intellectuals Andre Malu you mentioned him embodied this common Idol during The Liberation War he St 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 his C there was a genuine admiration for the people of Bangladesh he admired the bra The Bravery and the resilience of a Nation strongly to defend the language its culture and more broadly its dignity he knew the finest flower of your literature
Too for the works of the Great tagor 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 that was ago the exceptional beauty of Bengali resonates in your national anthem herodin Tom Akash Tom
Batar [Applause] B 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 a highly symbolic place in the history of the struggle for Independence 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 Marts 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 stage
Crossroad 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 lakes and the depths of the great Mangrove forests of the Thunder bounds a country where nature is an abund as abundant as
You I mean as yours know the importance of preserving its environment I want to praise your leadership on this issue and you can count on friends and our full support in order to convince the country is mainly responsible for the emission of greenhouse gazes 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 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 is possible because what you did during the past decade is just a unique economic sect
And I want to command you as well for your fight against poverty and your incredible results from an economic point of view more than three decades after frison’s visit we are opening a new page of our long-standing relationship
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