Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Friday hoped that the new generation of Pakistan will understand Pakistan Army’s genocide in Bangladesh in 1971 and raise their voice for perpetrators' punishment.
“Pakistani junta who committed the genocide went unpunished. It’s very unfortunate and shameful. It’s a shame for Pakistan, too. They should have tried them,” he told reporters after attending a seminar in the city.
Earlier, he spoke at a seminar titled “Bangladesh Genocide in 1971” as the guest of honor jointly organised by Ministry of Liberation War Affairs and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, held at Liberation War Museum Auditorium, Agargaon.
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Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque spoke as the chief guest. Founding President of Genocide Watch Professor Gregory Stanton, renowned genocide expert Dr Helen Jarvis and Trustee of Liberation War Museum Mofidul Hoque also spoke.
Momen said the parliament adopted the resolution to commemorate 25th March as the ‘Genocide Day’, marking day of the beginning of Bangladesh’s glorious nine-month long Liberation War.
He said efforts are on to get international recognition of genocide and it was the day when the Pakistani army and its collaborators started one of the most heinous genocides of world history.