Mauritius can be gateway for Bangladeshi trade in Africa: President

Mauritius President Prithvirajsing Roopun has said that his country can be a gateway for Bangladeshi trade and business to Africa.

He made the comment when State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam called on the president today, who is currently in Dhaka for a three-day visit, in connection with 6th Indian Ocean Conference.

He visited the Liberation War Museum in Dhaka in the morning and signed the guest book.

Expressing happiness over his first-ever visit to Bangladesh President Roopun mentioned the long-standing excellent relations between Bangladesh and Mauritius.

He cited the recent high-level visits and highlighted connectivity, people-to-people contact and a collaborative approach in economic and development areas for fostering the relations.

He highly lauded the remarkable socio-economic progress that Bangladesh has achieved in many areas. Citing Mauritius as a multi-ethnic society, he expressed happiness over the role of Bangladeshi workers in Mauritius.

President of Mauritius extended invitation for high-level visits from Bangladesh to Mauritius.

Welcoming the president, Shahriar Alam apprised the Mauritian president about the socio-economic growth that Bangladesh has achieved as well as about the "Vision 2041" articulated by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

He referred to the financial measures of the Bangladesh government in LDC-graduation context. He thanked the Mauritian government for looking after the Bangladeshi expatriates living in Mauritius.

He underlined more high-level visits, air connectivity, and exchange of training in agriculture, education, and IT sectors to develop relations.

The state minister thanked the Mauritian government for naming a street in Port Louis after the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.