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Khaleda, Mahathir agree to strengthen economic ties
KUALA LUMPUR. Oct 12. Prime Ministers of Bangladesh and Malaysia during official talks here today agreed to strengthen economic ties, reports BSS. .
/ During the talks between Begum Khaleda Zia and her Malaysian counterpart Dr
, Mahathir Bin Mohamad, lasting over an hour, they agreed.to expand cooperation in different fields including trade, commerce, investment, man power, education, civil aviation and religion.
■ The two sides expressed similar vifews that after Malaysian Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir s visit to Bangladesh last year, the Malaysian Investors had increased their Investment in Bangladesh.
The visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister in Malaysia would further intensify the process of increased trade, investment and economic cooperation tret ween the two countries. the two sides said
About manpower export. Malaysian.Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir said as a matter of
policy his country would give priority to Bangladeshi work ers as regards the employment nf manpower from abroad
Describing Bangladeshi workers as disciplined and hard-working, the Malaysian Prime Minister said they would prefer' manpower from Bangladesh
Bangladesh Prime Minister offered Malaysia trained and qualified professionals from Bangladesh. Malaysia is the second largest employer of Bangladeshi manpower after Saudi Arabia.
Besides skilled and un skilled manpower Begum Zia said Bangladesh could provide a good number of doctors, engineers, nurses and members of other professions to Malaysia.
During the talks held at Perdana. the office of Malaysian Prime Minister, the Bangladesh Prime Minister was assisted by Foreign Minister ASM Mostafizur Rahman. Labour and Manpower Minister Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan. Special Envoy to the Prime Minister. Morshed Khan. Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister. ANM Eusuf. Additional Foreign Secretary (East) Mohluddin Ahmed, and Bangladesh High Commissioner in Malaysia Mahboob Aiani
The Malaysian delegation Included .Foreign Minister Datuk Abdullah Bln Haji Ahmad Badawt, Minister for International Trade and Industry Dato Seri Rafidah Aziz. Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dato Abdul Halim' All, Malaysian High Commissioner in Bangladesh Ahmed Fuzi Bin Haji Abdul Razak and Under Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Choo Siew Kioh.
The Malaysian side underlined the need for expanding cooperation between the two countries In the field of education and training and regular exchange between the BOI (Board of Investment. Bangladesh) and M1DA (Malaysian Industrial Development Agency) for building a stronger bond in trade and investment.
Begum Zia said Bangladesh could provide fiscal Incentives to Malaysian investors who would also like to set up ex port-oriented industries in Bangladesh.
The Malaysian side re quested Bangladesh to equal the level of import duty to that of soyabean and withdraw the ban on the import semi-solid palm oil.
The Bangladesh side said that they would consider the request.
The two Prime Ministers also agreed to further activate the Joint committees of the National Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The two sides al$o agreed in principle to introduce regular flights of Malaysian airlines to Dhaka.
The Bangladesh Prime Minister said her country would extend cooperation to the institute of Islamic understanding at Malaysia to help project the correct image of Islam worldwide.
While discussing economic and environmental situation of Bangladesh. Prime Minister Begum Zia mentioned the problems Bangladesh is facing due to the Farakka barrage over the international river Ganga
The formal talks over. Bangladesh and Malaysia signed three agreements to promote bilateral ties.
The two Prime Ministers exchanged the novel by Anwar Ridhwan The Last Days of an Artist' that has been translated by the Bangla Academy into Bangla.