PM stresses need for linking Bangladesh to Asian Highway
Wednesday, 3 June 2009
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stressed the need for linking Bangladesh to the Asian Highway as she said the country does not want to remain isolated from the regional flow of development, reports UNB.
The Prime Minister made the remarks when the visiting Foreign Minister of Thailand Kasit Piromya called on her at the Prime Minister's Office in the city Tuesday, when the two sides also discussed other issues of common interest, especially trade, business and investment.
"Bangladesh's inclusion into the Asian Highway is necessary for our country's rapid development," she was quoted as saying by her Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad.
The country was late in getting onto the information superhighway passing through the seabed of the Bay of Bengal and now its joining in the caravan of nations along the road communications superhighway has also long been stuck up in dithering, especially over its routing issue.
The Prime Minister also called for Thai investment in every development sector of Bangladesh.
In reply, the Thai Foreign Minister expressed their interest in making investment in Bangladesh's energy, food processing, agricultural, poultry, and fisheries sectors.
Kasit Piromya also said Thailand can help Bangladesh by providing training facilities for poultry, food processing, and fisheries industries as his country has 'vast and long experience in these sectors'.
The Prime Minister and the Thai Foreign Minister expressed satisfaction over the return of democracy both in Bangladesh and in Thailand after going through political crises.
Sheikh Hasina said the people of Bangladesh are now advancing towards peace and prosperity following the Awami League-led Grand Alliance's victory in the last free and fair parliamentary elections held on December 29.
"Without true democracy people cannot establish their rights and a nation cannot achieve its cherished development," she told the Thai Foreign Minister.
The Prime Minister made the remarks when the visiting Foreign Minister of Thailand Kasit Piromya called on her at the Prime Minister's Office in the city Tuesday, when the two sides also discussed other issues of common interest, especially trade, business and investment.
"Bangladesh's inclusion into the Asian Highway is necessary for our country's rapid development," she was quoted as saying by her Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad.
The country was late in getting onto the information superhighway passing through the seabed of the Bay of Bengal and now its joining in the caravan of nations along the road communications superhighway has also long been stuck up in dithering, especially over its routing issue.
The Prime Minister also called for Thai investment in every development sector of Bangladesh.
In reply, the Thai Foreign Minister expressed their interest in making investment in Bangladesh's energy, food processing, agricultural, poultry, and fisheries sectors.
Kasit Piromya also said Thailand can help Bangladesh by providing training facilities for poultry, food processing, and fisheries industries as his country has 'vast and long experience in these sectors'.
The Prime Minister and the Thai Foreign Minister expressed satisfaction over the return of democracy both in Bangladesh and in Thailand after going through political crises.
Sheikh Hasina said the people of Bangladesh are now advancing towards peace and prosperity following the Awami League-led Grand Alliance's victory in the last free and fair parliamentary elections held on December 29.
"Without true democracy people cannot establish their rights and a nation cannot achieve its cherished development," she told the Thai Foreign Minister.