<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) should work in unison to establish peace in Gaza.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>She made the remarks when Ambassador of Qatar to Bangladesh Seraya Ali Mahdi Saeed Al-Qahtani paid a courtesy call on her at the official residence Ganabhaban.</div><div><br></div><div>During the meeting, they discussed the Gaza issue, said PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim while briefing reporters.</div><div><br></div><div>“The OIC member countries will have to work unitedly to establish peace in Gaza,” the premier was quoted as telling the envoy.</div><div><br></div><div>During the meeting, the Qatar envoy handed over an invitation letter toll Hasina to attend the 8th Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX) to be held on March 4-6, 2024 in Qatar.</div><div><br></div><div>Receiving the invitation letter, the PM said if she wins the upcoming national election to be held on 7 January next, she would join the exhibition.</div><div><br></div><div>The exhibition takes place in every two years under the patronage of Emir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani.</div><div><br></div><div>About the Gaza issue, Seraya Ali Mahdi Saeed said this year his country didn’t celebrate its national day on December 18 and sent the celebration budget of US$ 50 million to the people of Gaza.</div><div><br></div><div>In this context, the PM said Bangladesh also sent relief items including dry foods and clothes for the Palestinians.</div><div><br></div><div>Noting that the Palestinian physicians who graduated from Bangladesh were also imparted security training here, she said the doctors are now working in hospitals there in Palestine.</div><div><br></div><div>The Qatar ambassador said the world can know the situation of Gaza as Qatar-based Al Jazeera media network is broadcasting news on the Gaza issue.</div><div><br></div><div>The Bangladesh premier expected the Emir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani would visit Bangladesh in 2024.&nbsp; “We look forward to welcoming His Highness the Emir at the earliest,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The Emir of Qatar accepted an invitation to visit Bangladesh from the president of Bangladesh in May 2020.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;The prime minister thanked the Qatar authority for its initiatives on the Gaza issue.</div><div><br></div><div>PM’s Ambassador-at-Large Mohammad Ziauddin and PM’s Principal Secretary M. Tofazzel Hossain Miah were present. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>