2024-04-23 13:07:15
Prime Minister’s Private Industry and Investment Adviser Salman F. Rahman said that the Kyrgyz Republic, a Muslim-dominated country in Central Asia, wants to take skilled manpower from Bangladesh. Besides, the country also wants to strengthen economic relations with Bangladesh.
He said these things after a meeting with the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic, Avazhbek Atakhanov, who is visiting Bangladesh, at the Bangladesh Investment Building in Agargaon in the capital on Monday (April 22) afternoon.
He said that there is an opportunity to increase cooperation between the two countries in various sectors including ready-made clothing industry, education. Both countries want to exploit these opportunities. Also, the two countries can work in the agriculture and technology sectors.
He also said that there are many opportunities to increase the economic relations between the two countries. About 1000 Bangladeshi medical students are studying in the country. The country expects more students from Bangladesh. The Kyrgyz Republic strongly builds capacity with the European Union during the Covid period. Since then, the country has been exporting the garment industry to the European Union. This time, Deputy Foreign Minister of Kyrgyz Republic, Abazbek Atakhanov, who is visiting Bangladesh, has expressed his desire to jointly export clothes to the European Union with Bangladesh.
In the briefing, the Kyrgyz minister praised the ongoing socio-economic development of Bangladesh and said that the Kyrgyz Prime Minister wants to visit Bangladesh and has expressed interest in hiring workers from Bangladesh in production-oriented industries.