Mauritius invited to invest in BD's special EZ

State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat, now on a visit to Mauritius, urged the Indian Ocean country on Wednesday to invest in the special economic zone (EZ) in Bangladesh, reports BSS.

The state minister made the call in a bilateral meeting with Mauritius Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade Minister Maneesh Gobin in Port Louis.

Different bilateral issues, including trade and investments, as well as the matters of anthropological and cultural cooperation were discussed in the meeting.

Arafat said Mauritius is the gateway to the African continent. So, investment in the Indian Ocean island would brighten Bangladesh's business prospect in Africa.

Noting the similarities between Bangladesh and Mauritius in the areas of ethnicity and culture, Arafat said Bangladesh gives high importance to the relations between the two countries.

He urged the Mauritius government to recruite more Bangladeshi workers and professionals and to allow Bangladeshi workers to send remittance easily in shortest time to the country.

Arafat invited the Mauritius foreign minister to visit Bangladesh.