The EU Election Observer Mission (EU-EOM) paid a courtesy call on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna on Tuesday.

The Japanese Election Observation Mission also paid a courtesy call on the Chief Adviser separately, said the Chief Adviser’s press wing.

The EU-EOM delegation was led by Tomas Zdechovsky, Member of the European Parliament and Head of Delegation.

Other members included Ivars Ijabs, Chief Observer, Lukas Mandl, Loránt Vincze, Leire Pajín, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza, Michael McNamara, Catarina Vieira, Martin Bille Hermann, Inta Lase, Reginald Soenen, Nikos Salliarelis, Filipe Alcobia de Moraes, Benjamin Oppermann, Liviu-Adrian Natea, Tessel Giele, Riccardo Chelleri, Frederik Schumann, Marina Graser Lasic, and Michael Miller, Ambassador and Head of the EU Delegation to Bangladesh.

The Japanese delegation was led by Masato Watanabe, Ambassador and Leader of the Japanese Election Observation Mission.

Other members included Naonori Kusakabe, Associate Professor at the College of Intercultural Communication, Rikkyo University; Sonoko Ichimura, Principal Deputy Director, Southwest Asia Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan; Yoshiaki Kobayashi, Assistant Director, Southwest Asia Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan; Saida Shinichi, Ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh; Komine Ken, First Secretary and Head of Political Section, Embassy of Japan in Bangladesh; Nishi Yuki, Second Secretary, Political Section; and Sone Keita, Adviser, Political Section, Embassy of Japan in Bangladesh.

Lamiya Morshed, Senior Secretary and SDGs Affairs Principal Coordinator and Md Mosharaf Hossain, Director General, West Europe & European Union Wing, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Mohammed Nore Alam, Director General of East Asia & Pacific of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, were also present.