Staff Reporter: Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud is coming to New York on Wednesday (May 29) to attend a special meeting of the UN International Day of Peacekeeping. In addition to attending several sessions of the United Nations during the three-day visit, he will also participate in an exchange meeting with the leaders and activists of the United States Awami League on Thursday (May 30) evening at the local Gulshan Terrace. New York State Awami League General Secretary Shahin Ajmal said that party leaders and activists will give him a warm welcome at John F. Kennedy (JFK) Airport on Wednesday evening. He will leave for Dhaka on May 31.
Bangladesh Awami League Joint General Secretary and Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud is scheduled to organize an exchange meeting of United States Awami League. But in response to the question why the New York State Awami League is organizing an exchange of views meeting, the president Dr. Siddiqur Rahman said that measures have been taken as per the instructions given by the party leader and the Prime Minister.
General Secretary of New York State Awami League Shahin Ajmal said, quoting the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister himself said that the exchange meeting will be held under the banner of New York State Awami League. We have taken all measures accordingly. He hopes that all leaders and workers will forget their differences and attend the exchange meeting.
According to a party source, Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud will not attend the event of any part of Awami League in the United States due to the open dispute between the two groups of the United States Awami League. And this is why the New York State Awami League has organized an exchange meeting with the Foreign Minister.
The senior leader of United States Awami League expressed his anger in this incident and said that the United States Awami League is in a bad state today because of the conflict between them. Not Awami League, Awami League organ organization is organizing the event.
It is to be noted that the New York City Awami organized a civic reception for the Prime Minister and the party president on September 22 last year. The United States Awami League played the role of audience there. President of the United States Awami League with a sit-in. Dr. Siddiqur Rahman and General Secretary Abdus Samad Azad got a chance to sit on the stage. It can be said that it is very far from the seat of the Prime Minister. At that time the incident became the ‘Talk of the New York’.
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