UAE keen to scale up engagements with BD

Staff Reporter :
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) wants to scale up the bilateral engagements with Bangladesh in different areas, including trade and investment, for mutual benefits.
The new UAE Ambassador to Bangladesh, Abdullah Ali Al Hamoudi, said this while he called on Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday.
The envoy underlined the need to enhance cooperation on enhancing trade and investment, air and shipping connection, agriculture, food security, floating based solar energy, pharmaceuticals, IT, afforestation, alliance for mangrove forest etc.
The Bangladesh foreign minister congratulated the ambassador for his new assignment and assured him all possible cooperation from the ministry.
The ambassador thanked the Foreign Minister for receiving him and highly appreciated the development of Bangladesh under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The foreign minister mentioned that the relations between Bangladesh and the UAE are becoming stronger day by day.
He stated that during the tenure of ambassador, the bilateral relations would further expand for our mutual benefits. He deeply appreciated the UAE leadership for transforming the UAE as the role model for development and prosperity. He particularly thanked the leadership for hosting the spectacular arrangement of Expo 2020 Dubai.
Thanking the minister for his kind remarks, the new envoy expressed UAE’s interests to scale up the bilateral engagements between the two countries.
The ambassador requested the foreign minister for support of Bangladesh during COP 28 to be held in Dubai in 2023.
He also requested cooperation from the Bangladesh Government for operation of Abu Dhabi based Wizz Air between Abu Dhabi and Dhaka/Chattogram as a low-cost airline.
The foreign minister listened to the envoy and assured him of full cooperation. He further stressed to strengthen cooperation for food security, energy security and climate change issues between Bangladesh and the UAE.