Global community expects Hasina to win next election

Heads of state and different international agencies hoped that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would form the government again winning the next general election for the continuity of development and democracy.

They expressed their hope when they separately met Hasina at the bilateral meeting room of the UN headquarters on Wednesday, said Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque while briefing reporters after the meetings.

"Considering the regional stability, her [Hasina's] role in Rohingya issue and regional economic development, they all in general expressed the hope that there'll be her [her government] continuity and she'll be there in the leadership of Bangladesh again," Shahidul said.

"In the discussions, we've clearly seen a global reading that the prime minister will form the government after the [next national] election," the foreign secretary added.

The PM on Wednesday had separate meetings with Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, Unicef Executive Director Henrietta Fore, UN Secretary General's Special Envoy on Myanmar Ambassador Christine Schraner Burgener and High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini at the UN headquarters.

Shahidul said the heads of the international agencies also hoped that the next general election would be a free, fair and participatory one.

While discussing the Rohingya issue, they highly praised Hasina for her liberal policy and humane gesture in this regard.

Shahidul said the PM emphasised that the international community should create a pressure so that Rohingyas could go back to Myanmar soon.

Christine Burgener said she would be able to convince the Myanmar government to create a conducive environment in the northern Rakhine State so that the Rohingya could go back to their country.