President Mohammed Shahabuddin has urged Malaysian investors to come up with more invests in various sectors, including Special Economic Zones, in Bangladesh.
The president made the call on Thursday as new high commissioner of Malaysia in Dhaka Mohd. Shuhada Othman presented his credentials to him at the Bangabhaban.
Welcoming the new Malaysian HC to Bangladesh, the president said that bilateral ties between Malaysia and Bangladesh in different sectors, including trade and investment, were very excellent, president鈥檚 press secretary Md Joynal Abedin told the BSS subsequently.
The head of state said that the recent visit of the Malaysian prime minister in Dhaka had opened a new chapter of the bilateral relations between the two countries.
Mentioning that Malaysia is one of the destinations for Bangladeshi manpower, president Shahabuddin said that the Bangladeshi labour force played an important role in the economic development of both the states.
The president requested the Malaysian government to take effective steps about 18,000 Bangladeshi workers, who could not go to Malaysia in time earlier.
Noting that Bangladesh is Malaysia鈥檚 second largest trading partner in South Asia, he hoped that bilateral trade and investment relations would further expand in the days to come.
Malaysia would assume the chairmanship of ASEAN next month, the president said, further expressing hope that Malaysia would cooperate and support Bangladesh in becoming a sectoral dialogue partner of the ASEAN.
The new high commissioner would take necessary measures to reach the existing relation in a new height during his assignment in Bangladesh, the president expected.
During the meeting, the new Malaysian high commissioner expressed his determination to make all-out efforts to increase bilateral trade and investment.
He sought the president鈥檚 overall cooperation in discharging his duties.
President鈥檚 office senior secretary Nasimul Ghani and military secretary Major General Mohammad Adil Chowdhury were present there.
Earlier, on his arrival at Bangabhaban, a horse-mounted contingent of the Presidential Guard Regiment gave 鈥榟onour guard鈥� to the high commissioner as part of the official ceremony.
