Dhaka, Lisbon sign MoU on trade and investment cooperation
The Export Promotion Bureau of Bangladesh and the Trade and Investment agency of Portugal-AICEP (Agência para o Investimento e Comércio Externo of Portugal)virtually signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Trade and Investment cooperation on March 16.
At a simple ceremony held simultaneously at the two institutions, the vice chairman of Export Promotion Bureau of Bangladesh, AHM Ahsan in Dhaka and Chairman & CEO of AICEP, Luís Castro Henriques in Lisbon signed the MoU on behalf of their respective institutions.
On the Lisbon side of the ceremony, Bangladesh Ambassador to Portugal Tarik Ahsan; Manuel António Gaeiras, director of External Relations & Foreign Markets; Maria José Alvarenga, deputy director of External Relations & Foreign Markets; Daniel Pontes, market manager of External Relations & Foreign Markets; and First Secretary of Bangladesh Embassy Alamgeer Hossain were also present.
On the Dhaka side, Director General of Export Promotion Bureau Mahbubur Rahman; Director General of the West Europe & EU wing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh Kazi Russel Pervez; Kumkum Sultana, director (policy & planning); Mohammed Shahjalal, director (commodities); Mahmudul Hasan, director (textile); Abu Mukhles Alamgir Hossain, director (fair and display) and attended the event.
This cooperation MoU will focus on strengthening economic relations between the two countries by promoting trade and industry as well as by bringing together business leaders from all sectors of economy of the two friendly countries.
Through this cooperation MoU, both AICEP and EPB aims to collaborate on developing direct business relations between their respective business communities of the two nations. This cooperation MoU will also promote exchange of economic, trade and business information and entrepreneurial experience between the two organisation and undertake actions to help each other in the development of fairs and symposiums, conferences and other events aimed at expanding the bilateral trade and economic cooperation.
Through this cooperation MoU, it is expected that both organisations will facilitate sending business missions between the two countries in order to examining the prospects for cooperation in the areas of industry and trade.
Writer: Bangladeshi expatriate journalist in Portugal
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