Date: 31 January 2019

            Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Bangladesh His Excellency Abdullah H.M. Almutairi paid a courtesy call on the Foreign Minister at latter’s office this afternoon. He handed over a congratulatory message to the Hon’ble Foreign Minister from his Saudi Counterpart on his appointment as Foreign Minister of Bangladesh. During the meeting, they discussed various issues of bilateral relations. They also exchanged views on regional and international issues of mutual concern as well as on cooperation in different multilateral platforms.

Terming Saudi Arabia as the best friend of Bangladesh, Foreign Minister expressed happiness at the enhanced engagement between Bangladesh and the Saudi Arabia at the highest level in the recent years. He hoped for further expansion of the cooperation in the area of human resources, trade and investment, counter-terrorism, Islamic affairs and other potential areas in the coming days. Foreign Minister thanked the KSA envoy for his proactive role in expanding the bilateral brotherly relations between Bangladesh and KSA and assured him of full support of the Foreign Ministry in his future efforts to this end.