Finance Minister AMA Muhith said Monday the government will consider issuing sovereign bonds next year to mobilise the required foreign currencies.
"Our foreign currency reserve is quite well this year. So, we are not thinking of issuing the bonds this year, but will consider it next year," Mr Muhith said after a meeting with visiting Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation Isabella Lovin.
Briefing newsmen after the meeting at his Secretariat office, Mr Muhith said the Swedish minister wanted to know in which areas and how they can assist Bangladesh.
"I asked them to assist Bangladesh on the basis of the five-year (2015-2020) plan, which will be prepared soon," he added.
He said Sweden is Bangladesh's development partner. "The issue of climate change is getting immense importance to them. I informed them that Bangladesh also gives climate change issues the same priority."
Replying to a query, the minister said in the last budget, the power sector got the highest priority. "Human resources will get priority in the next budget, followed by infrastructure development and climate change."
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