Japan with Bangladesh in its dev journey

Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday assured his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina of continuing his county’s support to materialise her Vision-2021 for elevating Bangladesh to a middle-income country by 2021.
Abe came up with the assurance during a bilateral meeting with Sheikh Hasina at Associa Hotel in Nagoya.
PM’s principal secretary Md Abul Kalam Azad, economic relations division senior secretary Mohammad Mejbahuddin, PM’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim and foreign secretary Md Shahidul Haque briefed reporters after the meeting.
At the very outset of the meeting, the foreign secretary said, the Japanese prime minister highly appreciated Sheikh Hasina’s role in the G7 outreach meeting and her interventions there.
‘Your interventions and contributions helped the G7 leaders to lead the discussion which ultimately helped us in our key components of the outcome elements,’ Abe said.
Terming the meeting successful and beyond expectations, Shahidul Haque said Hasina proposed Japan to formulate an arrangement for ‘trade creating investment with buy back arrangement’.
Shinzo Abe directed JICA to explore the proposal, he said.
Putting forward a proposal to invest in exclusive economic zones, Hasina requested Japan to help Bangladesh in the SME sector, energy efficiency, nano technology and skill development.
The foreign secretary also said the Japanese prime minister instantly asked the GBIC and JICA to explore possibility of giving assistance in nano technology.
He said both the leaders agreed on working together in UN reform and other global issues in the coming days like the previous times.
Shahidul mentioned that the Japanese prime minister informed his Bangladesh counterpart from July 1 the diplomatic passport holders will not need to take visa for travelling in Japan. ‘They’ll get on arrival visa.’
He also said Bangladesh starts negotiation for the same kind of treatment for official passport holders and businessmen.

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