Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Thursday said Dhaka would welcome Paris's proposal to set up a satellite factory in Bangladesh as France President Emmanuel Macron is likely to visit the country in September.
"They [France] actually proposed setting up a satellite factory back in 2021. We would welcome it," he told reporters at a briefing at the foreign ministry.
He said France, the manufacturer of Bangladesh's first satellite named Bangabandhu-1, also proposed to sell the second satellite to Dhaka.
The relevant issues are likely to be discussed during the upcoming visit of the France president on September 11.
Momen said Bangladesh and France would discuss ways to enhance trade and investment apart from discussing issues like climate change and orderly and regulated migration.
Bangladesh will welcome Emmanuel Macron as an initiative has been taken for his visit to Bangladesh after the G20 Leaders Summit in New Delhi, he said.
"The president of France has been invited to visit Bangladesh and if he comes, Bangladesh will welcome him," he told reporters on Wednesday.
At the invitation of the president of the French Republic, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited France in November 2021.
Apart from holding bilateral talks with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the French president will visit Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in the city's Dhanmondi to pay homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The two leaders are scheduled to attend the G20 Summit in New Delhi on September 9-10.
