British Minister for Indo-Pacific Anne-Marie Trevelyan has said the United Kingdom looks forward to continuing to strengthen bilateral ties with Bangladesh through trade, investment, and people-to-people links.
The minister conveyed this during a meeting with Prime Minister’s Private Industry and Investment Adviser Salman F Rahman in London on Monday, according to a press release.
Praising Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s generous hosting of the Rohingyas in Bangladesh and sustained efforts to give a better life to the Rohingyas including providing them with education and livelihood, Trevelyan reiterated the UK’s continued commitment to resolve the Rohingya crisis.
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She also discussed creating future partnerships with Bangladesh in the climate and digital economy.
Salman briefed the British minister on the leapfrogging of Bangladesh’s growth between 2009 and 2022 under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s pro-business trade and investment initiatives, including with the UK.
In response to a query from Trevelyan regarding the strategy behind Bangladesh’s extraordinary growth over the past decade, Salman said, “it was our prime minister’s drive to maximise power production for industry, empowering the women with education and employment, and attaining food security for our 165 million people.”
At the meeting, Salman invited the British minister to visit Bangladesh, while Trevelyan expressed her interest to visit the South Asian country in February next year.
Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Saida Muna Tasneem was present during the meeting that took place at the office of the British minister at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in London.
