‍‍`Foreigners‍‍` remark on country’s internal matters unwanted‍‍`

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Friday said diplomats and missions in Dhaka make a big deal out of every little thing that Bangladesh does or happens in the country.

“It is interference in internal affairs. They are nowhere near complying with the Geneva Conventions. Nowhere else in the world do ambassadors become activists and comment on a country‍‍`s internal issues in a group,” the minister said in response to a question from journalists at an event in Sylhet.

The foreigners (diplomats) think themselves king of this country as local media gives them undue importance, he said. 

Speaking as chief guest at the event, the foreign minister also said: "As a result of over-publicizing the comments of foreigners in the media, they continue to talk about the internal affairs of Bangladesh, and they enjoy it thinking that they are emperors of this country."

He advised the media to boycott those who make such comments.

“When BNP damages public and private properties, it becomes the police‍‍`s responsibility to protect those and I will do that. It’s the duty of the government. Have you seen how police torture in England? And Amnesty International now speaks! You have seen how police kill by strangling in America. Our police are very tolerant. One or two cases could be different. But they follow the rules.”

He asked journalists not to care too much about foreigners and ask them what police do in their respective countries.