EU biggest dev partner
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni yesterday said Bangladesh highly values her relation with European Union (EU) for being its biggest development partner, destination for its exports and source of foreign direct investments (FDI) in Bangladesh.
She told this when William Hana, EU ambassador and head of Delegation in Dhaka, paid his first call on her at the foreign ministry yesterday.
Dipu Moni briefed the envoy about recent achievements made by the government in the field of women's emancipation, poverty eradication and especially mentioned about the strong measures taken to fight corruption.
She mentioned that apart from strengthening anti-corruption institutions, legal moves to ensure transparency, the presence of a vibrant media and civil society and parliamentary interventions in Bangladesh are working as strong deterrents of corruption.
She told the ambassador, "We need the support and cooperation from international community in the form of funds and monetary means.
“But more support is needed in the form of expertise, management skills and best practices earned elsewhere in various fields which could be replicated in development projects in Bangladesh."
She also asked for EU support in building social safety nets, especially in health and education sector.
The ambassador assured her that EU would continue extending support to Bangladesh in projects under existing areas of cooperation.
Comments