Hasina-Macron talks: Trade, climate, migration high on agenda
Bangladesh will welcome Macron as an initiative has been taken for his visit to Bangladesh after G20 Leaders Summit in New Delhi, Foreign Minister Momen said.
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday (30 August) said Bangladesh and France would discuss ways to enhance trade and investment between the two countries apart from discussing issues like climate change and regulated migration if President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron visits Bangladesh next month.
Bangladesh will welcome him as an initiative has been taken for his visit to Bangladesh after 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 at the Foreign Service Academy.
He, however, did not want to mention the date of his arrival in Dhaka. "We are yet to finalize it. We are working on this."
President Macron is likely to be here on September 11 to hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, a diplomatic source told UNB. He will leave Dhaka on September 12.
However, there is no official announcement regarding the visit that is seen as further efforts to deepen ties between the two countries on all key fronts.
"Women empowerment, enhancing trade and commerce and regulated migration – these are normal issues. Climate change is a big issue. The President of France has taken a leadership role," Momen said, adding that Bangladesh will raise the loss and damage financing issue and making the relevant fund functional in a big way.
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