Adviser for jute and textile and shipping ministries Brigadier General (retired) Sakhawat Hossain on Tuesday called the Pakistani investors to come forward for investing in Bangladesh state-owned textiles and jute mills.
鈥楶akistani investors can come forward to invest in closed state-owned textiles and jute mills in Bangladesh 鈥he investors can invest in other sectors including jute and textile,鈥� he said.
The adviser made this call when Pakistan high commissioner to Bangladesh Syed Ahmed Maroof made a courtesy call on him at his secretariat office.
Commending local jute made golden bags, the Pakistani envoy expressed his eagerness to invest in Bangladeshi jute and textile mills.聽
The Pakistani diplomat, however, also gave advance invitation to Bangladesh for participating in textile expo in Pakistan that scheduled to be held in October.
Stressing on enhancing commercial relations between the two countries, textile and jute secretary M Abdur Rauf said that the Pakistani traders could import diversified jute goods from Bangladesh as more than 200 diversified jute goods were being displayed at the Jute Diversification Promotion Centre under the ministry.
Apart from this, the Pakistani high commissioner also proposed launching direct shipping transport between Pakistan and Bangladesh and said, 鈥楾he system will help to take forward the eco-social relations of the two countries.鈥�
To materialise the goal, he said, Bangladesh Shipping Corporation and Pakistan Shipping Corporation can jointly work to this end.
