Denmark wants to invest $1.3 billion for the generation of offshore wind energy in Bangladesh, the country’s outgoing ambassador Winnie Estrup Petersen said on Wednesday.
The ambassador made the offer while paying a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the morning at her office in Dhaka.
The prime minister said Bangladesh needs assistances from the friendly countries for its development. In this regard, she mentioned that Bangladesh is setting up 100 special economic zones across the country where both foreign and domestic investments are required.
Both the premier and the envoy appreciated the 50 years of development partnership between Bangladesh and Denmark, said the press secretary.
During the meeting, the Danish ambassador lauded the prime minister’s leadership in socioeconomic development of Bangladesh.
Hasina told the envoy that her government has substantially reduced the poverty level in the country.
Referring to the development of women, she said that they have put emphasis on the development of women sports.
Regarding the development of democracy in the country, the prime minister said, “We’ve a history of long struggle for democracy in the country.”
The Danish envoy said that her country is the sixth largest exporter in the ICT sector globally. In this connection, Sheikh Hasina said that ICI sector of Bangladesh is also growing first. Ambassador Petersen said that the two countries can extend cooperation in several fields including human development.
