Economic, cultural issues agendas
Switzerland and Bangladesh will discuss ways to further strengthen the countries' economic and cultural cooperation during the second round of the bilateral political consultations in Dhaka tomorrow.
A number of new areas of possible cooperation will be explored, according to a press release of the Embassy of Switzerland.
The two sides will also exchange views on human rights and issues of regional and international importance, it added.
Ambassador Johannes Matyassy, assistant state secretary of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland and Ambassador Mizanur Rahman, additional secretary (bilateral) to the foreign ministry, will lead respective delegations during the consultation.
Ambassador Matyassy, who arrived in Dhaka yesterday on a four-day visit, will call on Speaker of Jatiya Sangshad Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmud Ali, Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque, and representatives of the civil society and the business community.
He will also visit project areas of the "Community Based Climate Adaptation by Coastal Afforestation" in Barguna, which is co-funded by the Swiss government.
The first round of the consultations took place in 2013.
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