The ceremony to receive the transport was held in Dhaka and was attended by Ambassador of the Republic of Poland Adam Burakowski, Defence Attaché Col. Radosław Grabski, and Honorary Consul General of Poland in Dhaka Reshadur Rahman. The Bangladeshi side was represented by acting Foreign Minister Rear Admiral Khurshed Alam and Deputy Health Minister Lokman Hossain Miah. Bangladesh, Poland's major political and economic partner in South Asia, is one of the most populous countries in the world. Out of 163 million people living in the country, only about 11 per cent have been vaccinated so far. Donating the vaccines is a gesture of solidarity in the joint global effort to fight the COVID-19 pandemic that has affected all continents and societies.

Bangladesh has thus become yet another country Poland has assisted in combating the COVID-19 pandemic. In recent months Poland has donated vaccines to, among others, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Ukraine, Norway, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, as well as to Egypt, Vietnam, Taiwan, Kenya, and Australia.

 

MFA Press Office