City Desk :
Ambassador of Denmark to Bangladesh Christian Brix Moller has expressed willingness to extend Danish support for good governance, democracy, human rights, institutional capacity building, as well as for rehabilitation of the victims of torture.
The Danish Ambassador acknowledged the existing cooperation between the two countries as comprehensive.
He congratulated Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on his new assignment and handed over the original congratulatory message from the Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs Lars Lokke Rasmussen while paying a courtesy call on him on Monday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Adviser underlined the priorities of the Interim Government, including restoring law and order and reforms in statecraft.
He highlighted that Bangladesh highly values and attaches great importance to its longstanding relations with Denmark.
The Adviser particularly referred to the aspirations of the youth that necessitates undertaking essential reforms in many sectors including political and electoral system, and economy.
The Ambassador shared Denmark’s priorities of engagements with Bangladesh, particularly in green transition and updated the Adviser on the two priority projects of Denmark – construction and operation of Laldia Container Terminal in Chattogram by APM Terminals and production of 500 MW offshore wind energy.
The Adviser welcomed increasing interests of Danish companies for business with and investments in Bangladesh. Both sides also expressed the desire to engage more in multilateral fora leveraging the Danish non-permanent membership of the UNSC for 2025-2026.
Bangladesh has benefited from Danish development assistance since its independence in 1971. Danish development helps Bangladesh with overland and water transport, agriculture, fisheries and rural development.