"We also need to improve people-to-people cooperation," he said.
Prof Shahidul Haque of SIPG said both Japan and India are very close and strategic partners of Bangladesh, and global shift in geopolitics has catalysed the three countries for the trilateral initiative. Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Iwama Kiminori said his country will continue carrying out development activities in Bangladesh like it has been doing for 50 years, regardless of who is in power in Bangladesh.Īsked about Bangladesh's elections, he said he won't comment on the matter. The foreign secretary said Indian companies are expected to invest in Bangladesh, with more opportunities being created. Japanese companies are already in the process of investing in the Japan-built special economic zone in Araihazar of Narayanganj, Masud said. Speaking at the event, Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen said Matarbari deep sea port along with the other ports in Payra, Mongla and Chattogram, and other connectivity to India, Nepal, Bhutan and Asean can help Bangladesh achieve 10 percent GDP growth, which is required for the country to become a developed nation by 2041. The SANEM executive director suggested India and Bangladesh scale up the multi-modal connectivity, bring synergy in trade facilitation and build express corridors for transshipment and transit of goods from the Northeast of India to Chattogram and Matarbari and vice versa. Selim Raihan Executive Director of SANEM
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