French Ambassador Michel Lummaux said this when he met Disaster Management and Relief Minister Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf at his office yesterday.

During the meeting, they discussed issues of bilateral interest, especially the mutual cooperation for sharing experience and technical knowledge to face earthquake.

Referring to river erosion, flashflood, tornado, cyclone, tidal surge and mild tremor in Bangladesh, the relief minister told the French envoy that Bangladesh is a natural disaster-prone country.

He said the government was relentlessly working to face such calamities and seeking assistance and cooperation of various countries to face the disasters, particularly tremor.