Kathmandu, Aug. 7
During a meeting with Finance Minister Dr. Yuba Raj Khatiwada on
Friday, she said that there was a need for cooperation in trade, energy and
investment between the two countries.
She pledged to move and act together with Nepal in regional and
international forums and said that bilateral interests could be promoted
through the platforms like Colombo Forum and Sagarmatha Sambad.
It was envoy Shams’ farewell call to the FM. She is returning to Dhaka
after completing her 7-year tenure in Kathmandu.
Dr. Khatiwada said that the two neighbours could prosper through the
maximum utilisation of natural and human resources.
“We can cooperate in various regional and international issues since we
have similar views on many international issues,” he said. “There are chances of
cooperation in disaster management, climate change, migrant safety,
immigration, labour management and refugee management,” he added.
The Finance Minister also scored the importance of sub-regional
mechanism ‘Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal’ (BBIN) in promoting cooperation in
trade and culture.
He said that Nepal had learned from Bangladesh’s experience in
microfinance, financial literacy, financial access and mobile banking and urged
to work in the new areas of cooperation in the post-COVID-19 situation.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 8 August 2020.
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