Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni yesterday said the constitution has recognised all ethnic minorities and the government is pledged-bound to protect the uniqueness of all ethnic minorities either in hilly or plain lands.
"We need to preserve and protect the uniqueness of the minorities because these distinct identities are parts of the beauty of the nation," she said, emerging from an inter-ministerial meeting on the issue of ethnic minorities.
The meeting was held at the foreign ministry to discuss how to face the debate arising over the recent issue of indigenous and ethnic minorities.
Dipu Moni told journalists that in the eye of the constitution, all citizens are equal and the government is committed to giving special facilities to the disadvantaged groups, who remain backward due to regional or other causes.
"We want to bring the disadvantaged section of our society to the front and the government is working for ensuring equal facilities for all people of the country, so the question to suppress any section of the society or vanish distinct identities does not arise at all," she said.
Law Minister Shafique Ahmed and Information Minister Abul Kalam Azadattended the meeting.
Source : The Daily Star
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