C T Online Desk: He also observed that enormous trade and investment opportunities exist between Bangladesh and Belgium, particularly in agriculture, renewable energy, port and road transport infrastructure, dredging, logistics, and water purification sectors.
The ambassador met State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam at the latter’s office on Tuesday.
The ambassador touched on the very fruitful visit of Her Majesty the Queen Mathilde of the Belgians to Bangladesh in February.
He briefed the state minister on a business seminar titled Innovative Business Opportunities from Belgium and B2B sessions between visiting Belgian and local business delegations hosted on Monday afternoon at a hotel in Dhaka.
The state minister recalled with gratitude Belgium’s recognition of Bangladesh as an independent state in February 1972 and expressed satisfaction at the ever-growing bilateral relations between the two friendly countries.
He thanked the Belgian ambassador for leading a regional trade mission to Bangladesh to explore business opportunities and sought Belgium’s support in developing agribusiness facilities in Bangladesh, particularly in storage, transport and processing fields.
The two sides also discussed various other bilateral and international issues of mutual interest, including regular bilateral consultations, trade facilitation measures, consular cooperation, migration and mobility, Bangladesh-EU cooperation, Belgium’s EU presidency in 2024, and cooperation on elections in different international fora.
