President seeks Dutch support for river dredging

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President Zillur Rahman Wednesday urged the Netherlands Government to give technical assistance with their high-tech water management expertise for reviving the country's navigability through river dredging, reports UNB.
"I hope the Netherlands Government will provide support to revive the navigability of our rivers through dredging," he said when newly appointed Dutch Ambassador AJAJMG Hennekens presented his credentials to him at Bangabhaban.
The President expressed his satisfaction over the existing wide-ranging relations between the two countries in economic, trade, cultural and education fields.
On bilateral trade, President Zillur expressed the hope the Netherlands entrepreneurs would buy more world-standard medium and small sized Bangladeshi ships to help boom the country's promising industry.
Zillur appreciated the Netherlands for already purchasing four ships from Bangladesh. He sought more orders of ship purchase from the Dutch side as the country is building world standard ships, ready to export in competitive prices.
The President urged the Dutch businessmen to import more Bangladeshi products including RMG, jute, leathers, pharmaceuticals and ceramic goods considering their quality and competitive prices as well as invest here more taking advantage of lucrative offers provided by the government.
Zillur said there are many opportunities to further strengthening the trade and commerce relations between the two countries. Exchange of visits by trade delegations can help in this regard, he added.