Advisor for Jute and Textile and Shipping Ministries Brigadier General (retd) Sakhawat Hossain on Tuesday called the Pakistani investors to come forward for investing in Bangladesh state owned textiles and jute mills.
“Pakistani investors can come forward to invest in closed state owned textiles and jute mills in Bangladesh …the investors can invest in other sectors including jute and textile,” he said.
The advisor made this call when Pakistan High Commissioner to Bangladesh Syed Ahmed Maroof made a courtesy call on him at his secretariat office, reports BSS.
Commending local jute made golden bags, the Pakistani envoy expressed his eagerness to invest in Bangladesh jute and textile mills.
The Pakistani diplomat, however, also gave an advance invitation to Bangladesh for participating in the Textile Expo in Pakistan that is scheduled to be held in October next.
Stressing on enhancing commercial relations between the two countries, Textile and Jute Secretary M Abdur Rouf said the Pakistani traders can import diversified jute goods from Bangladesh as more than 200 diversified jute goods are being displayed at the Jute Diversification Promotion Center (JDPC) under the ministry.
Apart from this, the Pakistani high commissioner also proposed launching direct shipping transport between Pakistan and Bangladesh and said, “The system will help to take forward the eco-social relations of the two countries”.
To materialise the goal, he said, Bangladesh Shipping Corporation and Pakistan Shipping Corporation can jointly work to this end.
