Chief adviser Muhammad Yunus and Nepalese prime minister KP Sharma Oli on Wednesday discussed enhancing energy, trade and economic cooperation between Bangladesh and Nepal.
They spoke about the cooperation at their bilateral meeting at the UN headquarters here on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday afternoon (local time) as the two leaders acknowledged the growing presence of Nepalese students in Bangladesh.
鈥楧elighted to meet with chief adviser Muhammad Yunus. Discussed Nepal-Bangladesh relations, focusing on energy and transit cooperation, tourism, cultural exchanges, educational ties, and cooperation in regional/multilateral forums,鈥� the Nepal鈥檚 prime minister said.
About the outcomes of the meeting, chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam said that a cordial meeting was held between Yunus and KP Sharma Oli.
During the meeting, they discussed how energy and trade cooperation can be enhanced between the two countries in the future, he said.
The press secretary said that Nepal had surplus hydro energy while it would be able to export hydro power to the South Asian countries, including Bangladesh, within two or three years, and the issue was discussed in the meeting.
He said that Bangladesh had a long and deeper relation with Nepal and the people-to-people interactions between the two neighbours were very deep.
Mentioning that many Nepalese students come to Bangladesh every year to study, Alam said that Yunus and Oli discussed ways to enhance energy, trade and economic cooperation between Bangladesh and Nepal.
He said that Bangladesh would likely sign an agreement to import 40 megawatts power from Nepal.
Alam said that the Bangladesh chief adviser shared his three zero idea with the Nepalese premier.
Yunus also met USAID administrator Samantha Power, prime minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif, UN human rights commissioner Volker Turk,聽 World Bank president Ajay Banga and CEO of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Mark Suzman on the UNGA sidelines.
He also addressed a UN high-level event on Social Business, Youth and Technology, and met with a group of human rights CSOs.
He joined a conversation on climate change by The New York Times (livestreamed from NYT studio).