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UAE Ambassador met with Foreign Minister

Dhaka, September 18:

            Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Bangladesh Saed Mohammed Saed Hmaid Almheiri paid a courtesy call on the Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali at his office today. Ambassador Almheiri conveyed greetings and best wishes of the Foreign Minister of the UAE to the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh. During the meeting, they discussed various issues of bilateral relations and engagements.

            Foreign Minister expressed happiness at the enhanced engagement between Bangladesh and the UAE in the recent months and hoped for further expansion of the cooperation in the area of human resources, trade, civil aviation, defence and other potential areas for the benefit of the two peoples. They also exchanged views on regional and international issues of mutual interest as well as on cooperation in different multilateral platforms.

            Foreign Minister assured the UAE Envoy that the UAE always remains trusted friend of Bangladesh and it will always get priority in terms of mutual support in bilateral and international arena.

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Tohidul/Farhana/Rafiqul/Salimuzzaman/2018/2150 Hrs.

Handout                                                                                                          Number : 2571

Foreign Minister receives the new Oman Envoy

Dhaka, September 18:

            The newly appointed Charge D Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman Ta'eeb Salim 'Abdullah Al 'Alawi presented his letter of introduction to the Foreign Minister at latter’s office this morning. The Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali welcomed Mr. Alawi to Bangladesh as the Head of the Oman Embassy in Dhaka and assured him of full support from the Foreign Ministry in performing his responsibility. Mr. Alawi conveyed greetings and best wishes of the Foreign Minister of Oman to the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh.

            During the meeting, they discussed various issues of bilateral relations and engagements particularly in the area of human resources, agriculture, fisheries, blue economy, defence, culture education etc. They also exchanged views on regional and international issues of mutual interest as well as on cooperation in different multilateral platforms like UN, OIC, IORA etc. They stressed on concluding different bilateral cooperation instruments between the two countries on a priority basis.

            The meeting ended with the aspiration that the relations between the two brotherly countries will be further expanded in the coming days and both sides will work to this direction.

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Tohidul/Farhana/Rafiqul/Salimuzzaman/2018/2145 Hrs.