A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed to import Atap rice on Government to Government (G2G) basis from Pakistan, reports UNB.
Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) and Bangladesh’s Directorate General of Food signed the MoU at the Ministry of Food’s meeting room at the Secretariat on Tuesday.
The MoU is expected to contribute to stabilising the domestic rice market and strengthen economic and trade relations between Bangladesh and Pakistan, said a press release.
Syed Rafeeo Bashir Shah, chairman of TCP, and Mohammad Abdul Khalek, Director General of the Directorate of Food signed the MoU on behalf of their respective sides.
Food Secretary Mohammad Masudul Hasan, Special Secretary of Pakistan’s Ministry of Commerce Shakeel Ahmed, and High Commissioner Syed Ahmed Maroof, among others were present during the signing.
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