Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bangladesh)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bengali: পররাষ্ট্র মন্ত্রণালয়; Pronounced: Pòrôrāshtro Mōntronàlôy), abbreviated as MOFA, is the Bangladeshi state ministry which oversees foreign relations of Bangladesh. It is headquartered in Segunbagicha, Dhaka.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

পররাষ্ট্র মন্ত্রণালয়
Government Seal of Bangladesh
Ministry overview
Formed	14 April 1971 (14 April 1971)
Jurisdiction	Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
Headquarters	Segunbagicha, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
Annual budget	৳1775 crore (US$150 million) (2024-2025)
Adviser responsible	Md. Touhid Hossain, Adviser of Foreign Affairs
Ministry executives	Md. Jashim Uddin, Secretary Rear Admiral Md Khurshed Alam, Secretary (MAU) Mahbub Uz Zaman, Secretary for Asia-Pacific region Kamrul Ahsan, Secretary for Europe, Africa and Americas Md. Nazrul Islam, Additional Foreign Secretary
Website	www.mofa.gov.bd

Fundamental foreign policy of Bangladesh

Main article: Foreign policy of Bangladesh

The State shall base its international relations on the principles of respect for national sovereignty and equality, non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries, peaceful settlements of international disputes, and respect for international law and the principles enunciated in the United Nations Charter, and on the basis of those principles shall;

• Strive for the renunciation of the use of force in international relations and for general and complete disarmament;
• Uphold the right of every people freely to determine and build up its own social, economic and political system by ways and means of its own free choice; and
• Support oppressed peoples throughout the world waging a just struggle against imperialism colonialism or racialism.

Present

The government has taken measures to bring back Bangladeshi citizen stranded in Sudan through Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.

See also

• Minister of Foreign Affairs (Bangladesh)

External links

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs