Pakistan High Commissioner to Bangladesh Syed Ahmed Maroof met Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday.
The bilateral issues, including trade and business between Bangladesh and Pakistan and regional cooperation, were discussed in the meeting held at the BNP chairperson鈥檚 Gulshan office in Dhaka.
Party standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury聽 briefed journalists about the outcomes of the meeting, saying that everything between the two countries, including trade and business, and economic relations was discussed.
He said that business based on comparative advantage, which was missing in Bangladesh for a long time, was discussed.
There was a business of patronage here earlier, which benefited some particular individuals in terms of the bilateral trade and business, he said.
Mentioning that there was no level playing field for long, he continued, 鈥榃e have discussed that there is going to be a level playing field in Bangladesh, and we will cooperate with each other on the basis of comparative advantage.鈥�
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader also said that the discussion included taking the bilateral ties forward, protecting the two countries鈥� independence and sovereignty, and upholding mutual respect and dignity.
鈥楾he issue of our regional cooperation in the entire South Asia and the potentials of the two countries were also discussed,鈥� he said.
Mentioning that the South Asian region is the least integrative area, Khasru said that the South Asian region needed strengthening of not just its economic ties, but the ties in all other areas also.
鈥榃e want to move forward on the basis of BNP鈥檚 foreign policy鈥攆riendship with all. We want to move forward with all kinds of economic cooperation amid good relations between the two countries.鈥�
鈥榃e will take forward the bilateral and regional cooperation by maintaining the level playing field,鈥� he added.