Native Name A: | Bengali: পররাষ্ট্র মন্ত্রণালয় |
Seal: | Government Seal of Bangladesh.svg |
Formed: | 14 April 1971 |
Jurisdiction: | Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh |
Headquarters: | Segunbagicha, Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Minister1 Name: | Md. Touhid Hossain |
Chief2 Name: | Masud Bin Momen |
Chief2 Position: | Senior Secretary |
Chief3 Name: | Rear Admiral Md Khurshed Alam |
Chief3 Position: | Secretary (MAU) |
Chief4 Name: | Mahbub Uz Zaman |
Chief4 Position: | Secretary for Asia-Pacific region |
Chief5 Name: | Kamrul Ahsan |
Chief5 Position: | Secretary for Europe, Africa and Americas |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
Chief6 Name: | Md. Nazrul Islam |
Chief6 Position: | Additional Foreign Secretary |
Parent Department: | Bangladesh House of the Nation |
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.
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;
The government has taken measures to bring back Bangladeshi citizen stranded in Sudan through Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.[1]