DHAKA, Sept 28, 2021 (BSS) - State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md.
Shahriar Alam, MP, has attended the 200-year Celebration of Mexican
independence and held a bilateral meeting with Mexican Deputy Foreign
Minister.

  Alam, is now visiting Mexico with a 7-member Bangladesh delegation,
to join the celebration at the invitation of the Mexican President, a
foreign ministry press release said here today.

  The celebration programme, also attended by a number of high
dignitaries from different countries all over the world, was presided
over by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

  Apart from the official delegation led by Alam, a 39-member military
contingent from Bangladesh performed at the celebratory parade in
Mexico City on September 16 while a 14-member cultural troupe is also
visiting the country to showcase Bangladesh's rich cultural heritage
there.

  Mexican President, during his speech in the celebration programme,
expressed his sincere gratitude to Bangladesh for its active
participation in the celebration of 200 years of Mexican independence.

  At the sideline of the celebration programme, Bangladesh's State
Minister had a brief meeting with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam
Jaishankar, who is also visiting Mexico to attend the celebration.

  Shahriar Alam also met with ministers from Serbia, The Netherlands,
France and Greece during the celebration event.

  On Monday, the Bangladesh junior minister held a bilateral meeting
with Ambassador Carmen Moreno Toscano, Mexican Deputy Foreign
Minister, at the Mexican Foreign Office (SRE).