Dhaka, 12 December 2022:

New Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Bangladesh Mr. Abdullah Ali Al Hamoudi called on Foreign Minister Dr. A K Abdul Momen, MP at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday (Sunday). The Foreign Minister congratulated the New Ambassador for his new assignment and assured him all possible cooperation from the Ministry. The Ambassador thanked the Foreign Minister for receiving him. He highly appreciated the development of Bangladesh under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The Foreign Minister mentioned that the relations between Bangladesh and the UAE are becoming stronger day by day. He stated that during the tenure of Ambassador, the bilateral relations would further expand for our mutual benefits. He deeply appreciated the UAE leadership for transforming the UAE as the role model for development and prosperity. He particularly thanked the leadership for hosting the spectacular arrangement of Expo 2020 Dubai. 

Thanking the Minister for his kind remarks, the new envoy expressed UAE's interests to scale up the bilateral engagements between the two countries. He underlined the need to enhance cooperation on enhancing trade and investment, air and shipping connection, agriculture, Food Security, floating based solar energy, pharmaceuticals, IT, afforestation, alliance for mangrove forest etc. The Ambassador requested the Foreign Minister for support of Bangladesh during COP 28 to be held in Dubai in 2023. He also requested cooperation from the Bangladesh Government for operation of Abu Dhabi based Wizz Air between Abu Dhabi and Dhaka/Chittagong as a low-cost airline. The Foreign Minister listened to the envoy and assured of full cooperation. He further stressed to strengthen cooperation for food security, energy security and climate change issues between Bangladesh and the UAE. The UAE Ambassador  thanked the Minister for his time.