Ambassador of Nepal to Bangladesh Ghanshyam Bhandari on Tuesday briefed Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Nepal’s vast hydropower potential and expressed hope that the two countries would soon be able to start energy trading.
The envoy paid a courtesy call on Chief Adviser Prof Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna and congratulated the chief adviser on taking over the leadership of the interim government after a historic student-led mass uprising in July-August.
The ambassador said two South Asian nations are members of SAARC and BIMSTEC, and both countries have "excellent" bilateral relations based on shared history and very deep people-to-people interactions.
The economic engagement between the two countries is still at a modest level, the envoy said.
Ambassador Bhandari expressed gratitude for the Bangladesh government's generous offer to Nepal to use the Chattogram and Mongla ports.
The ambassador also expressed appreciation to the Bangladesh government for hosting a significant number of Nepali students, especially in medical education.
"Many doctors of Nepal were educated in Bangladesh," chief adviser's press wing quoted the ambassador as saying.
During the meeting, the chief adviser enquired about the activities of the SAARC, the South Asian regional cooperation, which didn't have any summit after 2014.
The headquarters of the SAARC is based at the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu.
The ambassador highlighted the importance of strengthening regional cooperation through SAARC and BIMSTEC and working closely at various multilateral forums.
