Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus as of late (9 December) held a gathering with the diplomats from all 27 European Union (EU) member states, including these stationed in Dhaka and Fresh Delhi.
The delegation became once led by Michael Miller, the EU Ambassador to Bangladesh and head of the European Union Delegation to Bangladesh.
The meeting started at noon at the Chief Book’s Home of enterprise in Dhaka’s Tejgaon.
The manager adviser is doubtless to demand elevated funding to resolve Bangladesh’s ongoing crises all by the meeting.
Earlier on 5 December, Rafiqul Alam, director overall of the Public Diplomacy Soar at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, mentioned all by a weekly briefing that the upcoming dialogue will fair to chart the direction for persevered replace and economic collaboration as Bangladesh transitions out of the LDC class.
“This would possibly perchance well be a distinctive opportunity to chat a few large fluctuate of points, including enhanced cooperation in economic sectors, the Rohingya disaster, put up-LDC Generalized Draw of Preferences plus (GSP+) companies and products, and a doubtless Partnership and Cooperation Settlement with Bangladesh,” he mentioned at the briefing.
The EU replace relationship with Bangladesh has been anchored in the Everything But Arms (EBA) initiative, granting responsibility-free, quota-free market derive entry to to the least developed countries (LDCs) since 2001.
This is the major time that ambassadors from all 27 EU countries will convene for a joint meeting with the Bangladeshi govt, signalling their collective dedication to deepening ties, international ministry sources mentioned.
On the second, ambassadors of seven EU states are essentially essentially based in Dhaka, whereas the relaxation 20 characteristic from Fresh Delhi.
The meeting is viewed as a noteworthy signal of EU give a enhance to for Bangladesh and an effort to foster high-stage cooperation across a range of strategic areas.
