Bangladesh’s ambassador in Bangkok Saida Muna Tasneem presents credentials

Bangladesh’s ambassador in Bangkok Saida Muna Tasneem has presented her ‘letter of credence’ to the Thai king Bhumibol through the Crown Prince “last week”.

The world’s longest serving monarch has designated Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn to represent him in granting an audience for the presentation of the letters of credence of the new ambassadors.

Bangladesh mission in Bangkok on Friday said while presenting the credentials at Ambara Villa, Tasneem also handed over the goodwill messages of President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to the King.

She also vowed to strengthen the bilateral relations in all fronts during her tenure.

She is also the non-resident ambassador of Bangladesh to Cambodia, and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UNESCAP.

Last year in November, soon after her arrival in Bangkok, she presented her ‘letter of introduction’ as Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to UNESCAP to its executive secretary.

In June this year, she presented her credentials as the non-resident ambassador of Cambodia.

As per Thai practices, it takes time to submit credentials in Bangkok. But ambassadors become functional officially soon after their joining the mission.

During the exchange of views, the Crown Prince praised the people of Bangladesh as “hard-working and resilient” in the face of many challenges, including that of climate change.

He highlighted that Bangladesh and Thailand “share similar kinds of challenges, particularly related to climate change and disaster risk reduction”.

The Crown Prince also recalled the two visits by his sister Princess Maha Chakri  Sirindhorn to Bangladesh in 2010 and 2011 and expressed interest to continue the Thai Royal development projects in Bangladesh.

Ambassador Tasneem underlined the importance of strengthening connectivity between Buddhist devotees of the two nations and also enhancing the two countries shared Buddhist heritage by expanding Buddhist circuit tourism.