Bangladesh and Jordan have pledged to work together to strengthen bilateral relations particularly trade and investment.
During a meeting with Jordanian Industry, Trade and Supply Minister Maha Ali, Bangladesh ambassador Nahida Sobhan said there are a lot of scopes to strengthen trade relations between the countries and expressed her firm keenness to work together in this regard.
The Jordanian Minister agreed to that, according to a statement released on Wednesday.
Assistant Secretary General of the Jordan Ministry of Trade, Industry and Supply Zaher Al-Qatarneh and First Secretary of the Bangladesh Embassy in Jordan Muhammad Bashir were present at the meeting.
The Bangladesh ambassador also expressed eagerness to exchange business delegations to explore more opportunities by both the countries.
She proposed for starting such discussions from May 2021 between business communities through webinar, where relevant business people can participate from both sides, due to pandemic.
Such meetings could later be followed up by exchanging delegations when the global pandemic situation would be over, Nahida said, adding that Bangladesh Embassy is ready to facilitate such meetings.
Minister Maha Ali praised the idea and showed keen interest in this regard. She said her Ministry and the Bangladesh Embassy could work together to prepare concept notes and agenda for the webinar to make it fruitful.
The Bangladesh ambassador presented some leather goods as a gift to the minister and gave a short brief about the leather industry in Bangladesh and its potentialities.
She also informed the minister that Bangladesh is the 8th largest global exporter of leather products and leather, the foreign ministry said.