The Prime Minister of Bangladesh and Japan will meet at a summit on May 7. The chief adviser to the interim government, Muhammad Yunus, is expected to leave Dhaka for Tokyo on May 25 to attend the meeting. Two diplomatic sources in Dhaka and Tokyo confirmed the chief adviser meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
Sources said the government has already started preparing for the meeting. As part of the preparation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will hold an inter -ministerial meeting this week.
The Nikki Forum invited Muhammad Yunus to visit Tokyo to attend an international conference titled 'Future of Asia' on May 25 and 7. The Bangladesh government agreed to seek a meeting of the chief adviser with the Prime Minister of Japan on the same opportunity. It was then that the preparations for the visit of Japan to Muhammad Yunus began.
Diplomats say the issues of enhancing bilateral trade, strengthening cooperation in various fields including economic and development cooperation, defense, technical, cultural and cultural are likely to be discussed. The tour may sign multiple agreements and Memorandum of Understanding between the two countries. At present, the draft of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the two countries is under discussion.
The bilateral trade in Bangladesh and Japan is currently about $ 1 million a year. Of this, Bangladesh exports about $ 20 million in the country; Imports are about $ 1 million worth of goods.
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad, Laos President Thonglaon Sisulith, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manket, Palau President Surangel Whip Junior and Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Jane Kim Yangs and others joined the Nikki Forum. Diplomats said the possibility of meeting Yunus with some of them.
In front of the summit with Japan, a consultative meeting between the two countries' Foreign Ministry (Foreign Office Consultation -FOC) will be held in Tokyo next May. Foreign Secretary. Jasim Uddin is expected to lead the Bangladesh delegation at the meeting.
