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BD advocates to increase student admissions in Ireland

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City Desk :
Bangladesh has underlined the importance of admitting more Bangladeshi students to Irish Universities and recruiting meritorious Bangladeshi IT professionals in the Irish tech industry under the European Union (EU) talent partnerships.

Bangladesh and Ireland held their first-ever Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) in Dublin on Monday at the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs and signed the first Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Biennial Consultations between the Foreign Ministries of Bangladesh and Ireland.

This would be the first time any agreement has been signed in the 52 years of diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and Ireland.

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Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen led the Bangladesh delegation while his Irish counterpart Secretary-General Joseph Hackett led the Ireland delegation.

Bangladesh Ambassador to Ireland Saida Muna Tasneem attended the FOC along with senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dhaka, and Bangladesh High Commission, London.

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