Encourage foreign investment, ensure welfare of expats
PM urges Bangladesh envoys in Arab countries
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the Bangladesh envoys in the Arab countries to work with utmost sincerity and dedication for the welfare of the expatriate Bangladeshis and encouraging foreign investment in Bangladesh.
"You've to work with dedication for boosting the image of Bangladesh and also have to look after the causes of the Bangladeshi workforce in the Arab states."
The premier said this when the Bangladesh ambassadors in eight Arab countries paid a courtesy call on her at Bayan Palace in Kuwait Monday evening.
Bangladesh ambassadors to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Jordan, UAE, Bahrain and Lebanon were present at the meeting.
PM's Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad briefed the newsmen after the meeting.
Referring to the country's favourable investment policy, Hasina told the ambassadors to inform the foreign entrepreneurs about the investment friendly environment that now exists in Bangladesh and encourage them to come forward to invest in various important sectors.
She said her government wants to build the country through concerted efforts as prosperous Bangladesh free from hunger and poverty.
About different steps taken by her government for the country's overall economic development, the PM said the global economic recession could not touch Bangladesh due to her government's "pragmatic steps".
After coming to power through a free, fair and neutral election, the present Awami League-led government took steps to reduce price spiral of essentials.
"Now it is our goal to build a poverty-free digital Bangladesh… we should work together to this end for the greater interest of the nation," Hasina said.
Earlier, Kuwait's Interior Minister Staff Lt Gen (retd) Sheikh Jaber Al-Khaled Al-Sabah, Kuwait's Labour Minister Bader Fahad Ali Al-Duwaila, Director General of Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development Abdulwahab Al-Bader and Managing Director of Kuwait Investment Authority Bader M Al Saad paid separate calls on PM at Bayan Palace.
During the meetings, they discussed various issues, including expansion of bilateral trade, Kuwaiti investment to Bangladesh's development projects and recruiting more Bangladeshis in Kuwait.
Expatriate Welfare Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Foreign Minister Dipu Moni, State Minister for Forests and Environment Hasan Mahmud, Ambassador at-large M Ziauddin, among others, were present at the meeting.
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