Dhaka urges Brazil to facilitate PTAs with MERCOSUR countries, Dhaka has urged Brazil to facilitate Bangladesh’s initiative to have preferential trade agreements (PTAs) with the MERCOSUR countries – Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. The urge was made while new Brazil Ambassador to Bangladesh Paulo Fernando Dias Feres called on the State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md. Shahriar Alam today at foreign ministry here.
Dhaka urges Brazil to facilitate PTAs with MERCOSUR countries
During the meeting, the state minister said that Bangladesh looks forward to working with the new Brazil administration to further strengthen its political and trade relations. Alam highlighted Bangladesh’s interest in importing sugar, wheat and soybean oil from Brazil.
They also discussed the possibility of investing in the fields of high-breed cows, poultry and poultry feed and fisheries in Bangladesh. Referring to his recent visit to Brazil, Alam thanked the Brazilian government for concluding Visa Exemption Agreement for Diplomatic and Official Passports holders and MoU between Foreign Service Academy and Bangladesh and Rio Branco Institute of Brazil.
He also mentioned that three business MoUs with the apex Chambers in Brazil were important stepstones towards greater commercial cooperation between the two friendly countries. The Brazilian envoy said that during his tenure he would like to work on introducing Bangladesh better to the Brazilians, work intensely to strengthen people to people and business-to-business contacts and widen trade relations with Bangladesh.
Ambassador Feres appreciated Bangladesh’s economic strides in the last one decade. The Ambassador expressed his country’s keen interest to work with Bangladesh closely on the issues of mutual benefits in the bilateral and multilateral fora.
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