Staff Reporter :
Bangladesh has made all preparations to welcome Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who will arrive on Monday on a two-day state visit.
During the visit of Qatar’s Emir, it is expected that nearly a dozen cooperation documents might be signed to strengthen ties in multiple areas, including trade and investment, officials said.
The government, in a gazette notification, has already declared the Emir a very important person during his two-day visit to Bangladesh.
The streets of Dhaka are decorated with photos of the Qatar emir, along with the Bangladesh President and the Prime Minister, ahead of the visit.
Such a high-level visit, which will last 24 hours, is taking place from friendly country Qatar nearly after 19 years.
The then-Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, visited Bangladesh in April 2005.
Foreign Ministry officials said the agreements and MoUs are likely to be signed on enhancing trade and investment, prisoner exchange, avoidance of double taxation, manpower export, cooperation in the field of religion, and higher education.
However, the exact number of documents that will be signed between the two countries is not known.
“The visit will play a significant role in further strengthening the brotherly relations between the two countries,” a senior official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told journalists.
Apart from areas of cooperation on the bilateral front, global issues, including Palestine and Israel, will also be discussed, where Bangladesh will highlight its position, he said.
During his participation in the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Turkey last month, Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud emphasised the urgent need for a collective effort to end the ongoing genocide in Gaza, holding Israel accountable for committing crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing.
