Momen defends diplomat rejected by Vienna as Bangladesh’s ambassador

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Momen defends diplomat rejected by Vienna as Bangladesh’s ambassador​

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TBS Report
21 January, 2023, 10:35 pm
Last modified: 21 January, 2023, 10:36 pm

AK Abdul Momen. Illustration: TBS

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen defended diplomat Md Tauhidul Islam whose appointment as the ambassador of Bangladesh in Vienna has been rejected by the Austrian government.

The minister told reporters in Sylhet after inaugurating the excavation work of the Surma River, "Touhid's colleagues at the foreign ministry are behind the rejection of his appointment. But I will defend him."

He also said that the media in Bangladesh behaves like the people who never wish for other's well-being.

"He is a very brilliant officer and posted in Singapore as our ambassador. We wanted to move him to Vienna," said the minister.

Momen said, "He placed first in the administrative exam in the whole country. Now, the ministry people and his friends are trying to drag him down. He has enemies. When he was the consul general in Milan, his enemies tried to make a scam. He was suspended then. But after an investigation he was proved innocent."

"Now there is a group against him for sure. Otherwise how does the media get all the news?" he further added.

According to sources, the Austrian government refused to accept the appointment of Tauhidul as the ambassador of Bangladesh in Vienna recently.

Later, AK Abdul Momen wrote a letter to the foreign minister of that country requesting to accept Tauhidul. But that didn't work either.

Earlier, in 2013, while working as the consul general in Milan, Italy, Tauhidul Islam was accused of disrespectful behaviour with a female colleague.

Sources said Vienna is not accepting Touhidul as an ambassador in view of that complaint.

Momen defends diplomat rejected by Vienna as Bangladesh’s ambassador

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen defended diplomat Md Tauhidul Islam whose appointment as the ambassador of Bangladesh in Vienna has been rejected by the Austrian government. The minister told reporters in Sylhet after inaugurating the excavation work of the Surma River, "Touhid's colleagues at...

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[bluesky]

Alga Momen is our frontman for foreign diplomacy and watch his stupidity when taking important decisions.

How silly is this guy with a fat head to defend his wrong decision? Someone should tell me why the academic qualifications of that rapist Tauhidul Islam are relevant when posting him in another country.

Both Alga and Tauhidul have brought shame to the country. The name Bangladesh came to the front for a negative reason.

Resign, Alga Momen!!

 

[cloud4000]

It's very embarrassing for a country to have its candidate for ambassador be publicly rejected. Usually, such objections are made privately to avoid embarrassment. The only reason Austria rejected it publicly is because Bangladesh continued to insist on its appointment regardless of what the Austrians felt about the matter.

This is diplomatic foolishness on part of the Bangladesh government. You just damaged relations with a country for no reason. I don't know who this ambassador is, but he must have some power backers if the FM is defending him.

 

[undercover JIX]

His defense is useless and means nothing. its just local politics drama.

 

[Destranator]

I don't understand why Hasina persists with Momen as FM - he is driving the BAL regime to the ground.