Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to Bangladesh with residence in New Delhi, Didier Vanderhasselt, has highly appreciated Bangladesh’s rapid socio-economic growth, reports UNB.
He also observed that enormous trade and investment opportunities exist between Bangladesh and Belgium, particularly in agribusiness, renewable energy, port and road transport infrastructure, dredging, logistics, water purification sectors.
The Ambassador met State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam at the latter’s office on Tuesday.
The Ambassador touched upon the very fruitful visit of Her Majesty the Queen Mathilde of the Belgians to Bangladesh in February this year.
He briefed the State Minister about the very fruitful business seminar on ‘Innovative Business Opportunities from Belgium’ and B2B sessions between the visiting Belgian and local business delegations hosted last afternoon in a local hotel in Dhaka.
Sharier recalled with gratitude Belgium’s recognition of Bangladesh as an independent state in February 1972 and expressed satisfaction at the ever-growing bilateral relations between the two friendly countries.
He thanked the Belgian Ambassador for leading a regional trade mission to Bangladesh to explore business opportunities and sought Belgium’s supports in developing agribusiness facilities in Bangladesh, particularly in storage, transport, and processing fields.
Bd-pratidin English/Golam Rosul
