Bangladesh rolls out red carpet for Malaysian PM; talks with Dr Yunus shortly

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on 4 October 2024. Characterize: Courtesy

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on 4 October 2024. Characterize: Courtesy

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim was once accorded a red carpet reception on his arrival here currently (4 October) on a extremely short legit day out to shield shut the relations between the two worldwide locations to a new peak.

The Malaysian prime minister, who’s main a 58-member delegation, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal World Airport around 2pm.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus got him amid gun salute and guard of honour.

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus held a brief one-on-one meeting with visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim at the Hazrat Shahjalal Airport.

Professor Yunus acknowledged he was once “very chuffed” to welcome his old friend in Dhaka.

Professor Yunus spoke mercurial on the pupil-led revolution, the sacrifice the students and folk made, and the carnage committed by the earlier executive.

The Chief Adviser additionally spoke about his long association with Malaysian universities and its leaders.

They boarded the identical automobile to jog to the bilateral venue—in an expression of their shut friendship.

International Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain and Excessive Commissioners of Malaysia and Bangladesh, amongst others, had been command.

After almost a decade, a Malaysian Prime Minister is visiting Bangladesh, and this legit focus on to is the first by any head of executive to Bangladesh for the rationale that formation of the period in-between executive on 8 August.

He was once without lengthen taken to Hotel InterContinental from the airport the build he’ll be staying for the length of the hours-long focus on to.

The bilateral meeting between PM Ibrahim and CA Prof Yunus will almost definitely be held at the identical hotel, which is able to be followed by a joint press assertion.

All over the meeting, complications with mutual pastime including economic, political, trade and investment, education, technology and human resource constructing, manpower export, greater education cooperation, communications, infrastructure constructing, and defense cooperation are anticipated to be highlighted, acknowledged International Affairs Adviser Hossain.

An estimated 800,000 Bangladeshis now reside and work in Malaysia. Of them, about 450,000 migrated between August 2022 and Could well per chance also this 365 days.

The two leaders will additionally like a one-to-one meeting prior to the bilateral talks.

Prof Yunus will additionally host excessive tea in honour of the Malaysian prime minister.

The Malaysian PM will additionally meet President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban, a senior legit at the Ministry of International Affairs told UNB. He’ll signal customer’s ebook there.

Malaysia goes to be the next chair of ASEAN from January 2025, and the Rohingya bid will additionally be mentioned.

As effectively as, the bid of Bangladesh to alter into a “Sectoral Dialogue Partner” in ASEAN when it comes to regional cooperation will additionally be namely raised.

“This focus on to is an vital when it comes to bilateral relations,” acknowledged the foreign affairs adviser.

This focus on to is anticipated to be opinion to be as an expression of deepening bilateral relations and enduring friendship between Bangladesh and Malaysia, acknowledged the Adviser.

The 58-member delegation will encompass the country’s International Minister, Trade and Investment Minister, Deputy Minister of Transport, Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs, two Contributors of Parliament and senior officers of the Ministry of International Affairs.

In August this 365 days, Prof Yunus invited Anwar Ibrahim to undertake a brief focus on to to Bangladesh to extra pork up the brotherly relationship between the two worldwide locations.

Malaysia is the 8th wonderful investor in Bangladesh.

Prof Yunus has long-standing perfect ties with Malaysia.

A minimal of seven Malaysian universities like Yunus Centres, promoting social industry tips he champions and his three-zero ideas.

Malaysian firms, including loads of owned by its sovereign funds, like invested extra than $5 billion in Bangladesh and are if reality be told willing to invest extra, including in education.

A 2nd Malaysian automobile manufacturer has signed an agreement with a Chattogram-based company for distributing and assembling cars.

Malaysia says they would effectively be a desired destination for scientific tourism, saying the Bangladeshi folk can avail needed scientific medication within the country at an within your potential rate.

The Malaysian prime minister is scheduled to disappear Dhaka at 6:25pm.