FIFA President Gianni Infantino has expressed deep sorrow over the passing of former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. In an official condolence message addressed to Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) President Tabith Awal, Infantino acknowledged Khaleda Zia’s historic role in Bangladesh’s political landscape.
“𝑩𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒎 𝑲𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒂 𝒁𝒊𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒉,” 𝑰𝒏𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅. “𝑨𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏’𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒄𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔.”
Global Football Community Shares Bangladesh’s Khaleda Grief
Speaking on behalf of the international football community, the FIFA President conveyed heartfelt condolences to the Government of Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Football Federation, and the country’s people during this time of national mourning.
The Bangladesh Football Federation later issued a statement expressing gratitude to FIFA and the global football fraternity for standing in solidarity with Bangladesh.
“𝑾𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒃𝒚 𝑭𝑰𝑭𝑨 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕,” 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝑭𝑭 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅.
Begum Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s first woman Prime Minister, passed away on December 30 while receiving treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka. Her death marks the end of a significant chapter in the nation’s political history.
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