Bangladesh delegation's walkout during Israeli President’s speech

The Bangladesh delegation has walked out of the conference hall during the speech of the Israeli President at the seventh summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) held in Baku of Azerbaijan today.

It has been informed in a press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that when the Israeli President started his address at the conference, the Bangladesh delegation led by State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humayun Kabir walked out.

According to the information received from Baku, the representatives of several other countries also joined this walkout and boycotted the speech of the Israeli President.

These delegations left the conference hall as a protest during the speech of the Israeli President.

The seventh ‘CICA’ summit is being held in the capital of Azerbaijan with the top leaders and senior representatives of the participating countries for discussions on the measures for increasing regional cooperation, security and confidence in the Asia region.