Bangladesh, Maldives for even more boosting ties
Bangladesh and the Maldives about Tuesday emphasised the necessity for more robust ties between your two countries and additional enhance the fraternal relations by exploring different avenues of cooperation.
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen and his visiting Maldives counterpart Abdullah Shahid just after delegation-level established talks at state guesthouse Padma told reporters that they reaffirmed the desire of the two countries to strengthen cooperation bilaterally, regionally and in the international arena.
Abdullah Shahid said President of the Maldives Ibrahim Mohamed Solih might visit Bangladesh found in March to become listed on the celebrations of 50 years of Bangladesh's Independence and the birth centenary of the Father of the country Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
His (President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih’s) upcoming visit to Bangladesh is a good part of the move to strengthen relations between your two countries, the Maldives foreign minister added.
The President of the Maldives is getting excited about visiting Dhaka to pay homage to Bangabandhu and join the golden jubilee celebrations of Bangladesh’s independence.
Bangladesh and the Maldives also expressed their company commitment to work together with other international companions in the Climate Contract.
Both countries signed two Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) having provisions when planning on taking even more doctors, teachers, and skilled manpower for different sectors in the Maldives as well as the existing Bangladeshi workforce in the united states.
Currently, there are about 150,000 Bangladeshi personnel in the Maldives and above 60,000 of them have become irregular.
Meeting options said the Maldives area agreed to regularise the Bangladeshis who started to be illegal and in addition provide all-out cooperation found in repatriation of the Bangladeshi employees ready to return home voluntarily.
The two countries decided to take the prevailing bilateral relationship to a new height through expanding connectivity, boosting trade and investment and fortify the existing ties in the regions of health, medicine, education, human resources, defence and several other areas.
During the joint press briefing, Bangladesh International Minister AK Abdul Momen said the Maldives government has made a decision to provide Covid-19 vaccination for Bangladeshi nationals employed in the Maldives.
To facilitate the vaccination drive found in the Maldives, Momen said Bangladesh has made a decision to vaccinate nurses who'll be providing services together with the Bangladeshi doctors already found in the Maldives.
Maldivian Foreign Minister Abdullah Shahid found its way to Dhaka on Mon on a three-day time official visit.
Another MoU was signed for cooperation between Foreign Services Academy of Bangladesh and the Foreign Assistance Institute of the Maldives to impart training to the young diplomats.
The Maldives foreign minister highly praised the Bangladesh’s tremendous success in the monetary front and unprecedented development in socio-economic area under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visionary leadership. He as well lauded the Bangladesh authorities for tackling the corona circumstance.
Abdullah Shahid said his region will continue its all-out support for the repatriation of the displaced Rohingyas Muslims and trial of these involved in genocide on Rohingya population in 2017.
The Bangladesh side was attended by Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen, Secretary (East) Mashfee Binte Shams, Director Standard (South Asia) Mohammad Sarwar Mahmood and other senior officials.
As the Maldives Foreign Minister Shahid was assisted by Abdul Ghafoor, Foreign Secretary and Ms. Fathimath Ghina, Joint Secretary, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Superior Commissioner of the Maldives to Bangladesh Ms. Shiruzimath Sameer.
Afterwards, the Maldives delegation visited the genocide corner in the Foreign Ministry.
Abdullah Shahid, who's on a two-day time official visit to Bangladesh, can pay courtesy ask President Md Abdul Hamid and Primary Minister Sheikh Hasina.
