Foreign Affairs Adviser Mohammad Touhid Hossain confirmed that Bangladesh’s candidacy for the presidency of the 81st UN General Assembly remains valid and clarified that the country is not competing against Palestine.

“Four years ago, we announced our candidacy, when Cyprus was the expected contender. Palestine joined much later. This does not place us in direct confrontation,” he explained.

Touhid Hossain condemned Israel’s actions against peace negotiators, calling it “heinous,” and expressed solidarity with Qatar after attending an emergency Arab-Islamic summit in Doha.