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Bangladesh agrees to visa waiver with East Timor

December 16, 2024 00:00:00


Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus welcomes José Ramos-Horta with a bouquet as the president of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste met the former at his Tejgaon office on Sunday. — PID

Bangladesh and East Timor have signed agreements on visa waivers to take relations between the two countries to the next level, reports bdnews24.com.

The two nations also signed Memorandum of Understanding, or MOU, on Foreign Office Consultations-FOC.

The agreement and the MoU were signed in the presence of Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus and East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta at the Chief Advisor's Office in Dhaka.

Bangladesh Home Advisor Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury and East Timor's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Bendito dos Santos Freitas signed an agreement on visa exemptions for holders of diplomatic and official passports.

President Horta is on a three-day visit to Dhaka.

On Sunday, the East Timorese president held a meeting and delegation-level discussions with Yunus at his office.


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