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Published on 08:20 PM, July 11, 2020
Don’t publish reports that jeopardise Bangladesh-Italy ties: foreign ministry
Denied entry to Italy, Bangladeshi passengers of a Qatar Airways flight walk out of the capital’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 5:30am on July 10, 2020. The European country on July 9 imposed a restriction on the entry of all flights and passengers from Bangladesh till October 5 after “a significant number” of Bangladeshis on board of a special Biman flight tested positive for Covid-19 in Rome on July 6. Around 146 returnees were quarantined in Hajj Camp in the city’s Ashkona. Photo: Anisur Rahman
UNB, Dhaka
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has requested the print and electronic media in Bangladesh not to publish news that may impact the bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Italy.
The ministry also said the Prime Minister of Italy never mentioned "virus bombs" -- referring to any community -- during his interview with a Spanish TV Channel.
The news was published in some newspapers in Bangladesh "wrongly quoting" Giuseppe Conte, President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) of the Italian Republic, as saying that Bangladeshis are "virus bombs", it said.
It urged the media to check the authenticity while running any news that may have negative impact on bilateral relations, including on the Bangladeshi expatriate community.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also requested the print and electronic media to create awareness among Bangladeshi diaspora all over the world, including the passengers departing from Bangladesh, for their sympathetic understanding of the local situations, and for adherence to the rules and regulations of the local governments.
While talking to a Spanish TV channel during his recent visit to Madrid, Italian Premier Conte mentioned that in the recent flights from Bangladesh there were up to 20 percent passengers in a single flight who tested Covid-19 positive after arriving at the Rome airport.
In order to ensure that Italy does not go through the difficult situation of Covid-19 again, Prime Minister Conte said his country was forced to stop flights from Bangladesh.
The Italy government decided to put restrictions on entry of all flights or passengers from Bangladesh till October 5.
Bangladesh is not the only country in that list. Italy has stopped flights from 12 other countries of the world, and the decision will be reviewed on July 14, 2020.
BILATERAL RELATIONS
The longstanding relationship between Bangladesh and Italy has been based on mutual trust and respect, the foreign ministry said.
At the invitation of the Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid a visit to Italy in February this year, and the two premiers had a very productive and fruitful bilateral official meeting.
More than 150,000 Bangladeshis live in Italy, and their contributions to the economies of both Bangladesh and Italy are gratefully acknowledged.
"It needs to be noted that when many countries of the world are strongly following anti-immigrant practices, including sending back retrenched migrant workers to their home countries, the Italian government, as part of their economy revival plan, has decided to regularise many immigrants with irregular status," MoFA said.
The Italian government has shown extraordinary flexibility and generosity to accept Bangladeshis with Italian residence permits even at the time when Bangladesh has not yet completely recovered from Covid-19 pandemic.
In the last one month, Biman Bangladesh Airlines operated six special chartered flights to Rome -- carrying 1,600 Bangladeshis with Italian residence permits (or in some cases, Italian passports).
The foreign ministry also said it acknowledges with deep appreciation the support provided by the Embassy of Italy in Dhaka in this regard.
The Italian diplomats based in Dhaka went out of the way to help the Bangladeshis with Italian residence permits to make their journey to and arrival in Rome without hassles.
Unfortunately, MoFA said, after arrival in Rome airport, when the incoming passengers were tested for Covid-19, around 70-75 Bangladeshis tested positive.
Besides, the Italian Health Ministry, while testing the members of Bangladeshi community in and around Rome, found another 20-25 people infected with novel coronavirus.
The Italian government has taken all due steps to provide necessary supports to these approximately 100 Bangladeshis. Most of them have been kept in a hotel for the period of isolation at the expense of the Italian government, and those who need hospitalisation have duly been admitted to hospitals, again arranged by the government of Italy.
Regrettably, some members of the Bangladeshi community in Italy who tested positive for Covid-19 are not respectful to the decision of the Italian government, and are ignoring the quarantine and isolation guidelines and instructions of the Italian government, the foreign ministry also said.
They are defying the restrictions of the Italian government and thus putting the entire community at risk of infection, it said.
Earlier, a group of Bangladeshis who returned to Bangladesh from Italy in March also behaved in similar irresponsible manner and refused to follow quarantine procedures under various pretexts and now they also violated the Italian quarantine procedures creating ill-feeling among members of the public.
The attitude of defiance by some members of the Bangladeshi community in Italy has been portrayed in Italian newspapers, and this may create mistrust or discontent among the Italian population against Bangladeshis in Italy, the foreign ministry added.
www.thedailystar.net/top-news/news/dont-publish-reports-jeopardise-bangladesh-italy-ties-foreign-ministry-1928645%3famp
Don’t publish reports that jeopardise Bangladesh-Italy ties: foreign ministry
Denied entry to Italy, Bangladeshi passengers of a Qatar Airways flight walk out of the capital’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 5:30am on July 10, 2020. The European country on July 9 imposed a restriction on the entry of all flights and passengers from Bangladesh till October 5 after “a significant number” of Bangladeshis on board of a special Biman flight tested positive for Covid-19 in Rome on July 6. Around 146 returnees were quarantined in Hajj Camp in the city’s Ashkona. Photo: Anisur Rahman
UNB, Dhaka
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has requested the print and electronic media in Bangladesh not to publish news that may impact the bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Italy.
The ministry also said the Prime Minister of Italy never mentioned "virus bombs" -- referring to any community -- during his interview with a Spanish TV Channel.
The news was published in some newspapers in Bangladesh "wrongly quoting" Giuseppe Conte, President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) of the Italian Republic, as saying that Bangladeshis are "virus bombs", it said.
It urged the media to check the authenticity while running any news that may have negative impact on bilateral relations, including on the Bangladeshi expatriate community.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also requested the print and electronic media to create awareness among Bangladeshi diaspora all over the world, including the passengers departing from Bangladesh, for their sympathetic understanding of the local situations, and for adherence to the rules and regulations of the local governments.
While talking to a Spanish TV channel during his recent visit to Madrid, Italian Premier Conte mentioned that in the recent flights from Bangladesh there were up to 20 percent passengers in a single flight who tested Covid-19 positive after arriving at the Rome airport.
In order to ensure that Italy does not go through the difficult situation of Covid-19 again, Prime Minister Conte said his country was forced to stop flights from Bangladesh.
The Italy government decided to put restrictions on entry of all flights or passengers from Bangladesh till October 5.
Bangladesh is not the only country in that list. Italy has stopped flights from 12 other countries of the world, and the decision will be reviewed on July 14, 2020.
BILATERAL RELATIONS
The longstanding relationship between Bangladesh and Italy has been based on mutual trust and respect, the foreign ministry said.
At the invitation of the Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid a visit to Italy in February this year, and the two premiers had a very productive and fruitful bilateral official meeting.
More than 150,000 Bangladeshis live in Italy, and their contributions to the economies of both Bangladesh and Italy are gratefully acknowledged.
"It needs to be noted that when many countries of the world are strongly following anti-immigrant practices, including sending back retrenched migrant workers to their home countries, the Italian government, as part of their economy revival plan, has decided to regularise many immigrants with irregular status," MoFA said.
The Italian government has shown extraordinary flexibility and generosity to accept Bangladeshis with Italian residence permits even at the time when Bangladesh has not yet completely recovered from Covid-19 pandemic.
In the last one month, Biman Bangladesh Airlines operated six special chartered flights to Rome -- carrying 1,600 Bangladeshis with Italian residence permits (or in some cases, Italian passports).
The foreign ministry also said it acknowledges with deep appreciation the support provided by the Embassy of Italy in Dhaka in this regard.
The Italian diplomats based in Dhaka went out of the way to help the Bangladeshis with Italian residence permits to make their journey to and arrival in Rome without hassles.
Unfortunately, MoFA said, after arrival in Rome airport, when the incoming passengers were tested for Covid-19, around 70-75 Bangladeshis tested positive.
Besides, the Italian Health Ministry, while testing the members of Bangladeshi community in and around Rome, found another 20-25 people infected with novel coronavirus.
The Italian government has taken all due steps to provide necessary supports to these approximately 100 Bangladeshis. Most of them have been kept in a hotel for the period of isolation at the expense of the Italian government, and those who need hospitalisation have duly been admitted to hospitals, again arranged by the government of Italy.
Regrettably, some members of the Bangladeshi community in Italy who tested positive for Covid-19 are not respectful to the decision of the Italian government, and are ignoring the quarantine and isolation guidelines and instructions of the Italian government, the foreign ministry also said.
They are defying the restrictions of the Italian government and thus putting the entire community at risk of infection, it said.
Earlier, a group of Bangladeshis who returned to Bangladesh from Italy in March also behaved in similar irresponsible manner and refused to follow quarantine procedures under various pretexts and now they also violated the Italian quarantine procedures creating ill-feeling among members of the public.
The attitude of defiance by some members of the Bangladeshi community in Italy has been portrayed in Italian newspapers, and this may create mistrust or discontent among the Italian population against Bangladeshis in Italy, the foreign ministry added.
www.thedailystar.net/top-news/news/dont-publish-reports-jeopardise-bangladesh-italy-ties-foreign-ministry-1928645%3famp
