State secretary of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany Martin Biesel has said that they would set up a German economic zone in Bangladesh.
‘The present scope of investment is very favourable in Bangladesh. As a result of sincere efforts by both the governments, a German economic zone will be established in Bangladesh, which will help further intensify business relations between the two countries,’ he said while addressing a reception at Bangladesh embassy in Berlin on March 28, according to a message received in Dhaka on Friday.
The reception held at Atrium of Deutsche Bank of Germany was organised on the occasion of the 41st Independence and National Day of Bangladesh.
More than 300 dignitaries from the host country and accredited countries of this embassy attended the event. The dignitaries included around 70 ambassadors, high level officials of German government, intellectuals, business leaders, journalists, academicians, defence officers, prominent social workers and philanthropists.
The formal part of the event commenced with playing of the national anthems of Bangladesh and Germany followed by address by the ambassador of Bangladesh, Mosud Mannan.
Mosud Mannan gratefully reminisced that the German Democratic Republic was the first country in Europe to recognise Bangladesh on January 11, 1972 and that the Federal Republic of Germany also recognised Bangladesh on February 4, 1972.
‘At present, Germany is the second largest destination of Bangladesh’s total export and the largest in Europe,’ he informed.
Courtesy of BSS/NewAge
