{"id":31662,"date":"2024-08-05T20:39:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T20:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/?p=31662"},"modified":"2024-08-05T20:39:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T20:39:18","slug":"eu-for-orderly-transition-towards-an-elected-democratic-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/2024\/08\/05\/eu-for-orderly-transition-towards-an-elected-democratic-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"EU for orderly transition towards an elected democratic govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Desk Report: <\/strong>Dhaka, Aug 5 \u2013 High Representative of the European Union (EU) Josep Borrell Fontelles has said it is vital that an orderly and peaceful transition towards a democratically elected government is ensured, in full respect of human rights and democratic principles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe European Union is closely monitoring the events unfolding in Bangladesh,\u201d he said in a statement on the latest developments from Brussels on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Following the address to the nation by Chief of Army Staff, General Waker-Uz-Zaman, the EU called for calm and restraint.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe EU is saddened by the tragic loss of life during the protests in recent days. We take note of the assurances given by General Waker-Uz-Zaman that the situation will be handled in a peaceful manner, and that all unlawful killings will be impartially investigated,\u201d the High Representative said.<\/p>\n<p>Fontelles said accountability for human rights violations is crucial. \u201cThose who have been arbitrarily detained should be released immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a dedicated partner of the people of Bangladesh, the EU remains committed to the country\u2019s prosperity and development, he said. &#8211; UNB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Desk Report: Dhaka, Aug 5 &ndash; High Representative of the European Union (EU) Josep Borrell Fontelles has said it is vital that an orderly and peaceful transition towards a democratically elected government is ensured, in full respect of human rights and democratic principles. &ldquo;The European Union is closely monitoring the events unfolding in Bangladesh,&rdquo; he said in a statement on the latest developments from Brussels on Monday. Following the address to the nation by Chief of Army Staff, General Waker-Uz-Zaman, the EU called for calm and restraint. &ldquo;The EU is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31663,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[30,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31662"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31662"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31664,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31662\/revisions\/31664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}