“We reiterate our government’s commitment to strengthening ties between our two countries,” he wrote on social media.

Tarique Rahman is a politician and prime minister-designate of Bangladesh.

He has served as president of the country’s Nationalist Party and has been a member of Jatiya Sansad since 2016. He is the eldest son of Ziaur Rahman, the seventh president of Bangladesh, and Jalada Zia, who made history as the first woman to hold the office of prime minister of the Asian nation.

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