Touched by your empathy: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus tells UAE president over pardoning expats

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has highly appreciated the “benevolent decision” of the UAE president to pardon the 57 Bangladeshi expatriates, who were jailed for staging demonstrations in some UAE cities in solidarity with the student-led revolution in their home country.

“We are, indeed, profoundly touched by your empathy and understanding,” Prof Yunus said Tuesday, expressing deep gratitude in a letter written to UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

In this context, Prof Yunus expressed the Bangladesh interim government’s full respect for the laws of the UAE, and renewed its commitment to brief and educate would-be Bangladeshi expatriates and emigrants on the laws and cultures of their desired foreign countries, according to the chief adviser’s press wing.

“Your magnanimous decision to annul their sentences has been met with profound relief and appreciation in particular by the families of those involved and by our broader countrymen in Bangladesh as well as our community in the UAE in general,” said the chief adviser.

Prof Yunus said the UAE president’s act of clemency, following their telephone conversation, not only exemplifies the UAE leader’s compassionate leadership qualities, but also serves as a conduit for strengthening the enduring bond of fraternity between the two nations.

“I extend my heartfelt thanks for your gracious decision, which will further solidify the bonds of fraternity and friendship between our nations,” said the chief adviser.

He said the Bangladeshi side looks forward to continue strengthening the bilateral relations and to working together for the mutual benefit of the people.

Prof Yunus wished the UAE president good health, happiness, and a long life as well as continued peace, progress and prosperity for the brotherly people of the United Arab Emirates.