Direct port connectivity on agenda

Trade issues, including duty-free, quota-free (DFQF) market access, direct port connectivity and signing of a number of new MoUs will be the key agenda at the first-ever Foreign Office Consultation (FOC) between Bangladesh and Thailand to be held here on Thursday, reports UNB.According to a senior official, bilateral trade, investment and technical cooperation, road, air and seaports connectivity, employment of Bangladeshi workers in Thailand, introduction of Buddhist circuit tourism between Bangladesh and Thailand, cooperation in defence, culture and sports and collaboration in regional for a, including Bimstec, ARF and ASEM are also among the agenda of the consultations.

A nine-member Thai delegation, led by Thai Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Foreign Secretary) Norachit Sinhaseni, will participate in the FOC between the two countries.

The Thai delegation includes Director General and other senior officials of Department of South Asian, Middle East and African affairs and Director of Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA).