BD reiterates its strong support for nuke-free Korean peninsula
Bangladesh and South Korea have discussed possible further mutual cooperation in the fields of education, climate change, culture, trade, investment, and peace keeping operations around the world.
During a meeting between Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni and her South Korean counterpart Yun Byung-se in Seoul on Friday, the Korean side showed keen interest to invest more in Bangladesh, said a foreign ministry release issued from Seoul.
Dipu Moni at the meeting reiterated Bangladesh’s strong support for a nuclear arms-free Korean peninsula.
Minister for Foreign Affairs of South Korea Yun Byung-se said the socio-economic development of Bangladesh is really impressive and the leadership of Bangladesh deserves their deep appreciation for their wonderful achievements.
Terming economic growth of Bangladesh as both ‘impressive’ and ‘stable’, Korean Foreign Minister expressed their keen desire to invest in Bangladesh.
Dipu Moni is on a two-day official bilateral visit to South Korea at the invitation of her counterpart.
Referring to the ongoing celebration of 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and Korea, the Korean Foreign Minister stated that Koica and other organisations of Korea are working to diversify Bangladesh Korea relations in a bigger way in the coming days.
Korean Foreign Minister also acknowledged the contributions of expatriate Bangladeshis who are presently working in different parts of South Korea for their hard works.
Referring to Bangladesh’s huge pool of easily trainable human resources, Dipu Moni acknowledged the contribution of Koica for establishing ICT-based vocational institutions in Bangladesh.
She requested Korea to increase the intake of workers from Bangladesh. In response, Korean Foreign Minister, once again, acknowledged the hard work of expatriate Bangladeshis and assured Dipu Moni that his government will give due consideration to this request.
On another request of Dipu Moni for easing of visa procedures as well as allowing students to bring their spouses, Korean Foreign Minister stated that Korea has a certain set of rules which they are working to improve and hope that they will be able to work out a solution for this.
The two ministers also agreed to formalise the regular Foreign office consultations between the two countries.
Source: UNB Connect
