They discussed ways to enhance cooperation in trade, investment, education, agriculture and cultural exchanges.
Bangladesh and Ethiopia recently stressed the need to strengthen bilateral ties, focusing on trade, investment, and sectoral cooperation, as the former’s Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman met the latter’s President Taye Atskeselassie Made in Addis Ababa.
They discussed ways to enhance cooperation in trade, investment, education and agriculture.
Welcomed investment from Bangladesh in Ethiopia.
Adviser to Bangladesh Prime Minister for foreign affairs Humayun Kabir was present at the meeting.
Rahman stressed on expanding economic engagement and identified potential areas of cooperation that include readymade garments, pharmaceuticals and jute products. He requested Ethiopia to open its embassy in Dhaka to further strengthen ties.
Made welcomed investment from Bangladesh in Ethiopia, especially in the garments and pharmaceutical sectors, and stressed the need for closer interaction between the business communities of the two countries, according to a Bangladesh news agency.
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