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Published : 10 Dec 2016, 02:24 AM
Quaunine, who joined the London mission on Oct 28, presented his letter of credence to the monarch on Friday, the high commission said in a statement.
Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps Alistair Harrison, CMG, CVO came to the chancery to take the high commissioner in a royal carriage for the credential ceremony at the palace, it said.
Vice Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps Julian Evans along with other senior officials of the palace and Foreign Office welcomed the high commissioner at the Grand Entrance.
The high commissioner formally presented the letter of credence and the letter of recall of his predecessor to the queen after he and his wife were introduced to her.
Quaunine conveyed the warm greetings of President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to her.
He said he would work to strengthen ties between Bangladesh and Britain.
He also introduced his officials to the Queen. They are TM Jobaer, Minister Consular; Nadeem Qadir, Minister Press; Muhammad Zulqar Nain, Assistant High Commissioner, Birmingham; and Ferdousi Shahiar, Assistant High Commissioner, Manchester.
The statement said Quaunine later hosted a Vin d’Honneur attended by a number of British parliamentarians, heads of diplomatic missions, senior officials of the palace and Foreign Office, think tanks, professionals, social and business leaders at the high commission.
The included Khaled Al-Duwaisan GCVO, Dean of Diplomatic Corps and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the State of Kuwait, Paul Scully MP and Lord Sheikh, Vice-Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Bangladesh at House of Lords.
A career diplomat, Quaunine has earlier served as Bangladesh ambassador to Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
He has also served in Bangladesh Embassy in Washington, Bangladesh’s Permanent Mission to UN in Geneva and Bangladesh high commissions in Islamabad and London in various capacities.
