Published September 11,2023
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French President Emmanuel Macron met with Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka on Monday to strengthen dialogue with what Paris considers “an increasingly strategic partner.”
Macron landed within the capital within the first such go to by a French president in 33 years to additional intensify commerce and strategic relations.Former French President Francois Mitterrand visited Bangladesh in 1990.
Several bilateral agreements had been anticipated to be signed by Macron and Hasina throughout their assembly.
Before the assembly, Macron paid tribute to Bangladesh’s founding chief Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Dhaka.Apart from discussing bilateral points, the assembly may also see the signing of two memorandums of understanding (MoUs), one with European multinational aerospace company Airbus for financing a satellite tv for pc and plane and one concerning funding for a neighborhood authorities mission.
The two leaders will maintain a joint press briefing after the assembly to share the small print.
Bangladesh and France signed a protection MoU throughout Sheikh Hasina’s go to to France in 2021.
“Historical, this trip to Bangladesh will be a way to strengthen our dialogue with an increasingly strategic partner,” the French embassy in Dhaka stated Monday on its official Facebook web page.
The nation, because of its sturdy financial progress, has made great progress in pursuing its Smart Bangladesh imaginative and prescient.
“Ambitious, our cooperation aims also at the achievement of sustainable development goals” it added.
Oher points together with Rohingya, commerce, funding, assist to take care of local weather change and know-how switch had been mentioned between the 2 leaders.
The complete commerce between Bangladesh and France soared from €210 million ($225 million) within the early Nineties to €4.9 billion at present with France being Bangladesh’s fifth largest export vacation spot.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
