<div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today reaffirmed Bangladesh's continued support for the State of Palestine and its people.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We will continue to support the cause of the Palestinian people," he said when Ambassador of the State of Palestine, Yousef Ramadan paid a courtesy call on the Chief Adviser of the interim government at the State Guest House Jamuna here.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">During the meeting, Prof Yunus hoped Palestine would get the desired independent statehood.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Issues of mutual interest, global support for the State of Palestine, the genocide in Gaza and the tension in the Middle East were discussed in the meeting.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Palestinian Ambassador Yousef Ramadan appreciated the Chief Adviser's speech in the United Nations, saying it was timely and it shed a much-needed spotlight on the Palestinian issue.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"You've called spade a spade," he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Palestine envoy said some 60 Palestinian doctors who had received medical education in Bangladesh are now serving the patients in Gaza.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said two hundred more Palestinian students were waiting to receive higher education in Bangladesh.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">While addressing the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Sept 27, 2024, Chief Adviser Prof Yunus urged the global leaders to enforce an immediate and complete ceasefire to protect the Palestinian people from brutalities along with holding accountable all those responsible for the crimes against humanity in Palestine.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said the genocide in Gaza continues unabated despite global concerns and condemnation.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"The situation in Palestine just does not concern the Arabs or Muslims at large rather the entire humanity. Palestinians are no expendable people. All those responsible for the crimes against humanity against the Palestinian people must be held accountable," he said.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The chief adviser said Bangladesh calls for an immediate and complete ceasefire to protect the Palestinian people from the brutalities, particularly against the children and women.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He suggested that the international community, including the UN, needs to act in earnest to implement the two-state solution that remains the only path to bring lasting peace in the Middle-East.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>