Dhaka, 22 January 2019:

Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Bangladesh Saed Mohammed Saed Hmaid Almheiri paid a courtesy call on the Foreign Minister at latter’s office this morning. Ambassador Almheiri conveyed to the Foreign Minister greetings and best wishes of his counterpart, the Foreign Minister of the UAE. During the meeting, they discussed various issues of bilateral relations. Foreign Minister expressed happiness at the enhanced engagement between Bangladesh and the UAE in the recent months and hoped for further expansion of the cooperation in the area of human resources, trade and investment, civil aviation, defence and other potential areas for the socio-economic development of the two peoples. They also exchanged views on regional and international issues of mutual concern as well as on cooperation in different multilateral platforms. Foreign Minister assured the UAE Envoy of Bangladesh’s cooperation and support in bilateral and international arena.