A assembly is underway between Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and the diplomats from all 27 European Union (EU) member states, alongside side these stationed in Dhaka and Recent Delhi.
The delegation is led by Michael Miller, the EU Ambassador to Bangladesh and head of the European Union Delegation to Bangladesh.
The assembly started at noon these days (9 December) at the Chief Consultant’s Save of dwelling of industrial and is expected to closing for roughly an hour.
The chief adviser is seemingly to name for elevated funding to obtain to the backside of Bangladesh’s ongoing crises in some unspecified time in the future of the assembly.
Earlier on 5 December, Rafiqul Alam, director classic of the Public Diplomacy Wing at the Ministry of International Affairs, acknowledged in some unspecified time in the future of a weekly briefing that the upcoming dialogue will aim to chart the direction for continued trade and economic collaboration as Bangladesh transitions out of the LDC category.
“This is also a assorted various to focus on a sizable fluctuate of components, alongside side enhanced cooperation in economic sectors, the Rohingya disaster, put up-LDC Generalized Plot of Preferences plus (GSP+) products and companies, and a capacity Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with Bangladesh,” he acknowledged at the briefing.
The EU trade relationship with Bangladesh has been anchored within the Everything But Palms (EBA) initiative, granting duty-free, quota-free market obtain admission to to the least developed countries (LDCs) since 2001.
This is the critical time that ambassadors from all 27 EU countries will convene for a joint assembly with the Bangladeshi authorities, signalling their collective commitment to deepening ties, international ministry sources acknowledged.
For the time being, ambassadors of seven EU states are primarily primarily based mostly in Dhaka, while the closing 20 operate from Recent Delhi.
The assembly is considered as a solid signal of EU give a boost to for Bangladesh and an effort to foster excessive-level cooperation in some unspecified time in the future of a fluctuate of strategic areas.
