Timor-Leste president seeks to boost trade ties with Bangladesh

Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta the outdated day expressed optimism over higher cooperation between Bangladesh and his nation in the impending days to lengthen financial and replace family contributors.

“We are succesful of import more from Bangladesh,” he said in a joint press convention on the Chief Adviser’s Place of work after the bilateral meeting with Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus.

The Timor-Leste president additionally invited Bangladeshi companies to his nation and explore opportunities there.

Ramos-Horta said, “We invite Bangladeshi companies to return to Timor-Leste as by subsequent 365 days, we’re going to be succesful to be a half of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Countries) and be piece of a dispute of 700 million people.”

The Timor-Leste president hoped that Bangladesh will be a partner of rising his nation.

Ramos-Horta highlighted Nobel Peace Laureate Prof Yunus is one in every of the most revered leaders on this planet, who is active in dispute of job, evaluating the Bangladesh chief adviser to world leaders like Nelson Mandela, John F Kenned, Mahatma Gandhi, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara.

Earlier, Prof Yunus and the Timor-Leste president held “fruitful discussions” and witnessed the signing of two devices — an MoU on bilateral consultations mechanism and an settlement on visa exemption for diplomatic and legitimate passport holders.

The two leaders had a tete-a-tete which was adopted by a delegation-level meeting.

Earlier in the morning, A ways flung places Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain met Ramos-Horta and discussed factors of mutual hobby.

Enhance for resolving Rohingya disaster

The Timor-Leste president has assured the interim government of his efforts to precise ASEAN’s toughen for the repatriation of Rohingyas to Myanmar.

“And his excellency has assured us as an ASEAN member that he’s going to are attempting his top possible to verify that ASEAN helps us in the Rohingya factors,” Prof Yunus said at a joint press convention at his dispute of job the outdated day.

He said, “Ramos-Horta will be a solid toughen for Bangladesh.”

The Timor-Leste president is scheduled to name on President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban.

He is additionally scheduled to talk over with the National Martyrs’ Memorial in Savar to pay homage to Bangladesh’s Liberation War heroes.
Ramos-Horta will leave Dhaka later in the day.