The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Three Ambassadors of European countries yesterday met BNP Chairperson Begum Khaled Zia at her Gulshan office in the city.

They said the country's top two leaders need to work together for restoring democracy.

They also hoped that a credible election would be held in Bangladesh with the participation of all political parties.

They went to Begum Zia's political office at about 6:30 pm and had an hour-long meeting with her. "It's necessary for the top two leaders of Bangladesh to work together for restoring democracy," Netherlands' Ambassador Bea Ten Tusscher told journalists after the meeting.

Britt F Hagstrom of Sweden, Itala Maria Marta Occhi of Italy and Bea Ten Tusscher of Netherlands are the three ambassadors whom met the BNP Chairperson. Asked about election under the state of emergency Tusscher said, "It is the matter of your country".

But she hoped that the political parties and the government will reach an understanding through discussions in this regard. Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury, BNP spokesman and chairperson's foreign affairs adviser who was present at the meeting said, "We have an economic relation with the EU. We talked how its (EU's) development assistance could be increased for Bangladesh in the days to come."

BNP secretary general Khandker Delwar Hossain and former state minister Riaz Rahman were present during the meeting.