Editing Foreign relations of Bangladesh (section)

===Western Asia (Middle East)===

{{main|Bangladeshis in the Middle East}}

During the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]], the majority of conservative Arab nations were against Bangladeshi liberation because India, a largely non-Muslim nation, was supporting the break-up of a [[Pakistan]], an Islamic country. However, non-Arab Islamic nations such as Indonesia and Turkiye established relations quickly. At the present, Bangladesh maintains relations with the Middle East through many areas such as commerce, history, military, and most importantly religious ties which enabled the two to co-operate more easily than with Western or Far Eastern partners. Bangladesh supplies over one million guest workers to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and other Gulf states. In turn, most of Bangladesh's oil is imported from this region.<ref>{{cite news |date=August 2008 |title=Common goals boost bilateral ties |url=http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/commentary/commentaryother.asp?file=augustcommentary392008.xml |newspaper=The Peninsula |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080819175349/http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/commentary/commentaryother.asp?file=augustcommentary392008.xml |archive-date=19 August 2008 |access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref> Islamic countries and charities provide economic aid usually to advance the Islamic agenda, including funding mosques and [[madrassas]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

During the [[Yom Kippur War]], Bangladesh supported the Arabs and Palestinians and sent a medical team and relief supply, which was appreciated. In return, they enabled Bangladesh to become a member of the [[Non-Aligned Movement]] (NAM) at the Algiers Summit in 1973 and pressured Pakistan into recognising Bangladesh to get Mujib to go to the 1974 OIC Summit in Lahore, as he stated that was his only condition.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

Bangladesh also took an active part in trying to broker a ceasefire between Iran and Iraq during their [[Iraq-Iran War|eight-year war]] as a member of the [[United Nations Security Council]] and participating in the [[UNIIMOG]] mission, of which it became Acting Head in the last few years before withdrawal. It later helped them to be elected into the OIC Peace Committee.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

Bangladesh strongly opposed the [[2006 Lebanon War|Israeli bombardment of South Lebanon]] which killed approximately 1,191 civilians and described it as "[[State Terrorism]]" and a double standard conflict, saying that a non-western nation would have been labelled a terrorist and a western nation would have never been deemed a terrorist.<ref name="jpost.com">{{cite news |date=20 July 2006 |title=Bangladesh: Lebanon attacks 'state terrorism' |url=http://www.jpost.com/International/Bangladesh-Lebanon-attacks-state-terrorism |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post}}</ref> It also contributed to the peacekeeping effort after the [[2006 Lebanon War]] by sending in battalions of infantry.
<ref name="cnn.com">{{cite news |date=21 August 2006 |title=Israeli troops shoot Hezbollah militants |url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/21/mideast.main/index.html |work=CNN |access-date=2 April 2010}}</ref>

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|{{Flag|Armenia}}
|11 November 1992
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 11 November 1992.<ref name=":122">{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relations |url=https://www.mfa.am/en/bilateral-relations/bd |access-date=19 January 2024 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia}}</ref>
* Armenia is accredited to Bangladesh from its embassy in New Delhi, India.
* Bangladesh is accredited to Armenia from its embassy in Tehran, Iran.
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|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}
|26 February 1992
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 26 February 1992.<ref name=":113">{{Cite web |title=The People's Republic of Bangladesh |url=https://www.mfa.gov.az/en/category/asia-and-oceania/bangladesh |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808132918/https://www.mfa.gov.az/en/category/asia-and-oceania/bangladesh |archive-date=8 August 2022 |access-date=19 January 2024 |website=Republic of Azerbaijan Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}</ref>
* Azerbaijan is accredited to Bangladesh from its embassy in New Delhi, India.
* Bangladesh is accredited to Azerbaijan from its embassy in Tehran, Iran.
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|{{Flag|Bahrain}}||6 June 1974||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 June 1974.
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|{{Flag|Georgia}}
|27 August 1992
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 27 August 1992.<ref name=":118">{{Cite web |title=Bangladesh, People's Republic of |url=https://mfa.gov.ge/en/bilateral-relations/bd |access-date=19 January 2024 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Iran}}||21 June 1974||See [[Bangladesh–Iran relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 June 1974.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Brief history on Bilateral Relations between Iran and Bangladesh |url=https://dhaka.mfa.ir/en/viewpage/9886/political-section |access-date=18 January 2024 |website=Embassy of the Islamin Republic of Iran Dhaka}}</ref>

The Bangladeshi embassy in Iran was established on 21 June 1974, and the Iranian embassy in Bangladesh was established on 24 January 1975.<ref name=":0" />

Immediately after the independence of Bangladesh, many non-Arab nations quickly recognised the new country. However, due to the strong pro-US attitude of the Shah and helping to transport weapons to [[West Pakistan]] during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]. Iran, however, established diplomatic relations with independent Bangladesh in early 1972. A turning point in relations was during the [[Iraq-Iran War]] when Bangladesh as a [[List of members of the United Nations Security Council|UN Security Council member]] tried to broker a ceasefire between the nations and settle their disputes with dialogue. Eventually, Bangladesh would participate in [[UNIIMOG]] mission to observe that agreements such as a ceasefire had been honoured.

In 1995, [[Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani]] became the first President of Iran to visit Bangladesh. The current president, [[Hassan Rouhani]] is looking to strengthen relations with countries in South Asia such as Bangladesh by increasing Iranian investment like building oil refineries. In return, Bangladesh is supporting Iran's rights to its Nuclear Program for Peaceful Purposes. In 2006, both countries signed a preferential trade accord which removes non-tariff barriers, hoping to take it further to a free trade agreement<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bilaterals.org/?dhaka-to-sign-preferential-trade |title=Dhaka to sign preferential trade accord with Tehran |date=18 July 2006 |website=bilaterals.org}}{{user-generated source|date=July 2015}}</ref> and in 2007, Bangladesh has requested Iranian assistance on building its nuclear power plant.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shana.ir/en/newsagency/111378/Bangladesh-Seeks-Iran-s-Cooperation-In-Nuclear-Energy-Sector |date=5 August 2007 |title=Bangladesh Seeks Iran's Cooperation in Nuclear Energy Sector |website=Shana |publisher=Petro Energy Information Network}}</ref>

Both countries are members of [[D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation|Developing-8 Countries]], [[OIC]], [[Like Minded Group]]. They have generally similar views on world issues especially on the [[occupation of Palestine]].
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|{{Flag|Iraq}}||8 July 1972||See [[Bangladesh–Iraq relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 8 July 1972.<ref name=":35">{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relation with Iraq |url=https://baghdad.mofa.gov.bd/en/site/page/Bilateral-Relation-with-Iraq#:~:text=After%20the%20independence%20of%20Bangladesh,mission%20in%20Bangladesh%20in%201973. |access-date=18 January 2024 |website=Embassy of the People's Republic of Bangladesh Baghdad, Iraq}}</ref>

Iraq was the first Arab nation to recognise the independence of Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mudiam |first=Prithvi Ram |date=1994 |title=India and the Middle East |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jiDYjw4gCzEC&pg=PA63 |page=63 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-1-85043-703-1}}</ref> Bangladesh and Iraq have embassies located in Baghdad and Dhaka. Iraq temporarily closed down their embassy after the [[Iraq War]] began<ref>{{cite news |date=11 August 2003 |title=Iraqi embassy in Bangladesh formally closed |url=http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=23829 |newspaper=The Indian Express |access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref> but after a six-year lapse appointed a new ambassador in October 2007.<ref>{{cite news |date=12 October 2009 |title=Manpower export to Iraq approved |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1877579851.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924203315/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1877579851.html |url-access= |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 September 2015 |location=Dhaka |newspaper=The New Nation |access-date= }}</ref>

Bangladesh and Iraq's ties are primarily based on common faith but there has not been much progression into areas such as trade and investment. Between 1980 and 1986, Iraq sent five officers to study in Bangladesh's military academy in Dhaka.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dscsc.mil.bd/alumni/alumnibody.php?concd=8&name=Iraq |title=Overseas Graduates – Iraq |website=Defense Services Command & Staff College, Bangladesh |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703143941/http://www.dscsc.mil.bd/alumni/alumnibody.php?concd=8&name=Iraq |archive-date=3 July 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The only notable visit between the two nations was [[Saddam Hussein]]'s visit to Bangladesh in 1988. The height of Bangladesh-Iraq relations was during the 1980s due to Bangladesh's role in trying to call for a ceasefire between Iraq and Iran during their war and was a part of [[UNIIMOG]]. Relations quickly deteriorated after Iraq invaded Kuwait sparking the [[Gulf War]] and a huge rise in oil prices. Bangladesh responded to the UN resolution demanding Iraq withdraw by the deadline or face military action. Bangladesh's other reasons for participation was because of the Bangladeshi community in Kuwait who some work on oil rigs and Kuwait is Bangladesh's oil supplier. Bangladesh joined the UN coalition to liberate Kuwait.

Relations between [[Baghdad]] and Dhaka would later improve after the [[Iraq War|US invasion of Iraq in 2003]] when Bangladesh declined to send troops to Iraq despite America's persistence and stating that the UN should have had a primary role in solving the matter before the war.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/3078886.stm#bangladesh |work=BBC News |title=Who might send troops to Iraq? |date=7 October 2003 | access-date=2 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2003-10-27-iraq-no-troops_x.htm | work=USA Today | title=Nations back off sending troops to Iraq | first1=Tom | last1=Squitieri | date=27 October 2003 |access-date=2 May 2010}}</ref> Currently they want a complete withdrawal from Iraq and has expressed support for reconstruction efforts. The public in Bangladesh have repeatedly held large demonstrations against the war.<ref>{{cite news |date=21 March 2003 |title=Anti-war protests in South Asia |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2871409.stm |work=BBC News |access-date=2 April 2010}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Israel}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Bangladesh–Israel relations]]

Bangladesh does not recognise Israel. even though Israel was one of the first nations to recognise Bangladesh. It has called for an end to Israel's occupation of the [[Palestinian territories]] and for the creation of an independent [[Palestinian state]]. Bangladesh has a complete ban on trade (indirect and direct) with Israel even though both are members of the WTO. As Bangladesh does not have any diplomatic relations with Israel, it is not permitted for Bangladeshis to travel to Israel using a [[Bangladeshi passport]], which brought about the arrest of journalist [[Salah Choudhury]].

In the immediate aftermath of the [[2006 Lebanon War]] Bangladesh offered to send battalions of its infantrymen to help with the UN peacekeeping force, however Israel opposed it stating Bangladesh does not recognise Israel.<ref name="cnn.com" /> Although Israel rejected the country's participation, Bangladesh and [[Nepal]] were the first countries whose troops reached the shores of South Lebanon. As of 3 December 2015 Bangladesh has 285 personnel participating in [[UNIFIL]] in Lebanon.<ref name="UNIFIL Strength">{{cite web|title=UNIFIL Troop-Contributing Countries |url=http://unifil.unmissions.org/Default.aspx?tabid=11559&language=en-US |website=unifil.unmissions.org |publisher=United Nations |access-date=23 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626104608/http://unifil.unmissions.org/Default.aspx?tabid=11559&language=en-US |archive-date=26 June 2015 }}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Jordan}}||15 October 1973||See [[Bangladesh–Jordan relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 October 1973<ref name=":54">{{Cite book |title=ARR: Arab Report and Record |publisher=Economic Features, Limited |year=1973 |pages=18}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Kuwait}}
|9 March 1974
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 9 March 1974<ref name=":63">{{Cite book |title=Bangladesh, the First Four Years (from 16 December 1971 to 15 December 1975) |publisher=Bangladesh Institute of Law & International Affairs |year=1980 |pages=95}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Lebanon}}||28 March 1973||See [[Bangladesh–Lebanon relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 March 1973<ref name=":45">{{Cite book |title=ARR: Arab Report and Record |publisher=Economic Features, Limited |year=1973 |pages=132}}</ref>

Ties between the two are based on common background such as religious tolerance, the need to tackle Islamic militancy, similar views on global events and common religion. Bangladesh opposed Israel's bombing of South Lebanon during the [[2006 Lebanon War]] and offered to contribute approximately 2,000 troops to the peacekeeping force. As of 3 December 2015 Bangladesh has 285 personal participating in [[UNIFIL]] in Lebanon.<ref name="UNIFIL Strength" /> Bangladesh Navy has also contributed a vessel to the UNIFIL Maritime Task Force (MTF) in Lebanon.<ref>{{cite web|title=Maritime Task Force|url=http://unifil.unmissions.org/Default.aspx?tabid=11584&language=en-US|website=unifil.unmissions.org|access-date=23 January 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323185719/http://unifil.unmissions.org/Default.aspx?tabid=11584&language=en-US|archive-date=23 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Bangladesh like other South Asian countries also send workers to Lebanon to work in domestic and manual jobs, although many like those in the Gulf states complain of harsh conditions and low wages. During the 2006 Lebanon War, some of the Bangladeshis returned home but some went unpaid as their employers escaped the conflict by travelling abroad.
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|{{Flag|Oman}}||18 December 1974||See [[Bangladesh–Oman relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 18 December 1974<ref name=":67">{{Cite book |title=News Review on South Asia Volume 18 |publisher=Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses |year=1975 |pages=29}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Palestine}}||8 January 1981||See [[Bangladesh–Palestine relations]]

Relations between Bangladesh and Palestine are considered to be warm and cordial as Bangladesh advocates for an independent Palestinian state and an end to Israeli occupation. Bangladesh is one of the 135 countries to recognise Palestine as a state since the [[Palestinian Declaration of Independence]] on 15 November 1988. The first high-level meeting between the two was in 1974 at the second OIC summit in [[Lahore]], [[Pakistan]] between [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] and [[Yasser Arafat]]. Since then there have been high level contact such as Yasser Arafat's visits in 1981 and 1987 who was warmly received by both former presidents [[Ziaur Rahman]] and [[Hossain Mohammad Ershad]] with favourable media coverage. Later when democracy returned to Bangladesh, Arafat was also received warmly by Prime Ministers Khaleda Zia<ref>{{cite news |date=20 April 2006 |title=PM reaffirms support to Palestine |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/2006/04/20/d60420061578.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref> and Sheikh Hasina. There is a wide public support for an independent Palestine as the Government had reported in 1987 that 8,000 had volunteered for the PLO although there had never been any official moves to send weapons or personnel.<ref>{{cite book |date=1989 |editor1-last=Heitzman |editor1-first=James |editor2-last=Worden |editor2-first=Robert |chapter=The Islamic World |chapter-url=http://countrystudies.us/bangladesh/109.htm |title=Bangladesh: A Country Study |url=http://countrystudies.us/bangladesh/ |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Federal Research Division, Library of Congress |pages=194–195}}</ref> Since the 1980s, under IMET (International Military Education and Training) there have been development of military ties between the [[PLO]] and Bangladesh with the former attending one year courses at the Bangladesh Military Academy in [[Chittagong]].<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite book |date=1989 |editor1-last=Heitzman |editor1-first=James |editor2-last=Worden |editor2-first=Robert |chapter=Foreign Acquisitions and Ties |title=Bangladesh: A Country Study |chapter-url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/bdtoc.html |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Federal Research Division, Library of Congress |pages=225–227}}</ref> Palestine is represented in Bangladesh by the Embassy of the State of Palestine in Dhaka. Bangladesh also provided material help to establish the diplomatic mission.<ref>{{cite news |date=13 November 2004 |title=Currents and Crosscurrents: Post-Arafat scenario |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/2004/11/13/d41113150186.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Qatar}}||4 March 1974||See [[Bangladesh–Qatar relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 4 March 1974<ref name=":62">{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relations |url=https://doha.mofa.gov.bd/en/site/page/Bilateral-Relations |access-date=18 January 2024 |website=Embassy of the People's Republic of Bangladesh Doha,Qatar}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}||17 November 1975||See [[Bangladesh–Saudi Arabia relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 17 November 1975.<ref name=":75">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Szfqq7ruqWgC&dq=Bangladesh+and+Saudi+Arabia+have+decided+to+establish+diplomatic+relations+at+ambassadorial+level+.&pg=PA219 |title=Bangladesh: Past and Present |publisher=Salahuddin Ahmed, A.P.H. Publishing Corporation |year=2004 |isbn=9788176484695 |pages=219 |access-date=21 August 2023}}</ref><ref name=":76">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OHAwAQAAIAAJ&dq=Dacca,+Riyadh+to+exchange+Envoys&pg=PT123 |title=Bangladesh Volumes 4-5 |publisher=Bangladesh Embassy (United States), Bangladesh Mission |year=1974 |access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>

Early relations between [[Riyadh]] and Dhaka where somewhat dormant owing to the
former capital's country's close bond with Pakistan. From mid-1970s onward Bangladesh was seeking closer ties with oil rich Arab states such as Saudi Arabia. After the 1982 coup by Ershad, he visited Riyadh to meet with the King. Nine months later a ten-member delegation of the Saudi military arrived in Bangladesh to discuss possible military ties and inspect its facilities. Since 1981, Saudi Arabia has sent 100 officers to the Defence Services Command & Staff College in Dhaka, which is the college's largest number of overseas graduates from a single nation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dscsc.mil.bd/alumni/alumnibody.php?concd=22&name=Saudi |title=Overseas Graduates – Saudi Arabia |website=Defense Services Command & Staff College, Bangladesh |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703111926/http://www.dscsc.mil.bd/alumni/alumnibody.php?concd=22&name=Saudi |archive-date=3 July 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Bangladesh is seeking to increase economic ties with Saudi Arabia to reduce the trade deficit currently in the Kingdom's favour. One of their proposals is to export ceramics, leather and pharmaceutical products to the Kingdom as they are already doing with the western nations.<ref>{{cite news |date=26 March 2006 |title=Bangla-Saudi Relations Built on Common Culture, Understanding |url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/282328 |newspaper=Arab News}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Syria}}||14 September 1973||See [[Bangladesh–Syria relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 September 1973<ref name=":51">{{Cite book |title=ARR: Arab Report and Record |publisher=Economic Features, Limited |year=1973 |pages=11}}</ref>

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|{{Flag|Turkey}}||22 February 1974||See [[Bangladesh–Turkey relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 February 1974<ref name=":61">{{Cite web |title=Büyükelçilik |url=https://dhaka-emb.mfa.gov.tr/Mission/About |access-date=18 January 2024 |website=Embassy of the Republic of Türkiye in Dhaka}}</ref>
* [[Bangladesh]] has an embassy in [[Ankara]].<ref name="auto117">{{Cite web |title=Relations between Turkey and Bangladesh |url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/turkey%E2%80%93bangladesh-relations.en.mfa |access-date=6 October 2020 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}</ref>
* Turkey has an embassy in [[Dhaka]].<ref name="auto117" />
* Both countries are members of [[OIC]].<ref name="auto117" />
* Trade volume between the two countries was US$934 million in 2019 (Bangladeshi exports/imports: 509/427 billion USD).<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/turkey_bangladesh-economic-and-trade-relations.en.mfa| title=Turkey-Bangladesh Economic and Trade Relations|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs |access-date=6 October 2020}}</ref>

Bangladesh-Turkey relations have been excellent since Turkey recognised Bangladesh in 1971, soon after independence. The trade volume between the two countries have grown as did Bangladeshi exports and has been in Bangladesh's favour throughout their economic relationship. The present bilateral trade (2011) is more than US$1&nbsp;billion. The two countries also have institutionalised co-operation in areas of investment, customs, health, defence, agriculture, education, air service, tourism and culture. Bangladesh and Turkey co-operate with each other at the multilateral forum, particularly in matters related to elections. In the recent years, Turkey and Bangladesh have supported each other in several forums, including at the ITU, IMO, CEDAW, HRC, etc. Turkey would support Bangladesh's 2016{{ndash}}17 candidature to the UN Security Council while Bangladesh would support Turkey's 2015{{ndash}}16 candidature to the UNSC. Besides, at the UN and OIC, the two countries are also the founding members of the D-8 (Developing-8 Countries) with six other nations with large Muslim populations.
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|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}||9 March 1974||See [[Bangladesh–United Arab Emirates relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on {{dts|9 March 1974}}<ref name="books.google.com">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wm8yVtMiyJ8C&dq=United+Arab+Emirates+recognized+Bangladesh+and+exchange+diplomatic+relations&pg=PA59 |title=Chronicle of Progress |publisher=Trident Press |year=1996 |isbn=9781900724036 |pages=59 |access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref>

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|{{Flag|Yemen}}||21 March 1983||See [[Bangladesh–Yemen relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 March 1983<ref name=":93">{{Cite journal |title=Chronologies Dans Monde Arabe 1983/2 (N°100) |url=https://www.cairn.info/revue-maghreb-machrek1-1983-2-page-58.htm |access-date=11 September 2023 |journal=Monde Arabe |date=1983 |volume=100 |issue=2 |page=74 |doi=10.3917/machr1.100.0058 |language=fr}}</ref>

South Yemen was the first Arab state to recognize Bangladesh (other Arab states had supported Pakistan in the 1971 war), and the support for Bangladeshi independence marked an emerging split between South Yemen and China.
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