Austria for boosting trade with Bangladesh

Austrian President Dr Heinz Fischer has stressed the need for further bolstering trade between Bangladesh and Austria.

The Austrian President said this when First Resident Ambassador of Bangladesh to Austria Mohammed Abu Zafar presented his credentials to the President at Hofburg Palace in Vienna on Wednesday, according to a message received in Dhaka on Thursday, report agencies.

While presenting the credentials, Ambassador Zafar extended the warmest greetings and best wishes from President Abdul Hamid to the Austrian President.

Welcoming the Bangladesh envoy, President Fischer conveyed his warmest greetings to his Bangladesh counterpart.

The Austrian President expressed his great happiness at the existing bilateral relation between Austria and Bangladesh as well as opening of Bangladesh's resident Mission in Vienna.

Dr Fischer also assured the Bangladesh envoy of his all out cooperation and wished a very successful tenure in Austria.

The newly appointed ambassador referred to the support extended by the political leaders and people of Austria during Bangladesh's War of Liberation in 1971.

He also expressed his optimism for further growth of bilateral trade and more engagement in the cultural field between Bangladesh and Austria.

Ambassador Zafar was accompanied by First Secretary Shabab Bin Ahmed.