Mr. Essa Yousef Essa Alduhailan, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Bangladesh paid a courtesy call on with the  Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen, MP, today at his office in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dhaka. Foreign Minister and the Saudi  Ambassador  exchanged views on various bilateral issues of mutual interests.  

 

 

At the outset, the Ambassador expressed satisfaction at the state of excellent bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia which is growing rapidly encompassing various fields including political, economic, defense, manpower, business, trade and investment.  

 

 

The Ambassador apprised the Minister about the upcoming Joint Economic Commission to be held on 30-31 October 2022 in Riyadh.  He also briefed the Minister about the progress of the upcoming visit of the Deputy Interior Minister of Saudi Arabia to Dhaka in the second week of November 2022. In response, Hon’ble Foreign Minister  expressed  readiness and full cooperation from his office in making the visit fruitful. 

 

 

During the meeting, Foreign Minister and Saudi Envoy discussed and reviewed various issues of the existing and prospective investment initiatives including power and renewable energy sectors and new proposals under consideration from Saudi Arabia to Bangladesh.Minister stated that his office was ready to push forward any issues/proposals from the Saudi side in making headways. While reflecting on the current energy/oil crisis in view of the Russia- Ukraine war, the Minister stated that Bangladesh needed a brotherly gesture from Saudi Arabia in meeting its energy needs and urged the Ambassador to look into the possible Saudi investment in the LNG sector.  The Saudi Envoy stated that he would take up the issue with the concerned Saudi stakeholders.  

 

 

Foreign Minister appreciated the progress and development under the present leadership and welcomed the recent appointment of the Saudi Crown Prince HRH Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz as the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Congratulating the new leadership for his dynamic role for the Muslim world, he stated that our people were looking forward to  according a warm welcome to the Prime Minister to Bangladesh. Welcoming the proposal, the Saudi Ambassador underlined the need for the Hon’ ble Minister to undertake a visit to Saudi Arabia which is overdue. 

 

 

The Saudi Ambassador expressed his gratitude to the Hon’ble Foreign Minister for his continuous support and guidance to take forward the bilateral engagements to new heights including Bangladesh’s  valuable support to Saudi Arabia in the multilateral fora.