PM seeks Japan’s support for BD development

Expressing her government's earnest desire to consolidate the partnership with Japan, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday sought greater Japanese support for Bangladesh's bid to build a knowledge-based nation, develop rich human resources and undertake massive infrastructure development projects.
"We want to build a knowledge-based nation, develop our rich human resources and undertake massive infrastructural development (projects) where Japan can contribute further," she said.
The Prime Minister was addressing a dinner hosted by her Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe at his official residence.
Hasina said Japan can also support the inclusion of international migration and the security of climate vulnerable countries as Bangladesh in the post-2015 UN Development Agenda.
Mentioning that Japan has been Bangladesh's trusted and time-tested friend, the Prime Minister recalled with gratitude that even when Japan was reeling from one of its worst natural disasters in March 2011, it never deviated from the flow of development assistance to Bangladesh. "It’s our earnest desire to consolidate the partnership with Japan."
Citing that a visit by her Japanese counterpart to Bangladesh would energise this momentum to reach its goal, Hasina extended Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Madam Akie Abe a very warm invitation to pay a visit to Bangladesh anytime convenient to them, hopefully within this year.
Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh and Japan enjoy an enviable relationship that stems from the two countries inherent belief in friendship, mutual support, and peaceful coexistence.
In this connection, she said the foundation of this relationship was laid at the time of the Bangladesh's War of Liberation in 1971 through the unstinting support and the sympathy of Japan and its people, according to UNB.