He conveyed this to newly appointed Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Bangladesh Robert Douglas Simpson on Wednesday.

Minister Ali also briefed the Representative of FAO about the recent development of Rohingya crisis. 

He thanked international communities and especially FAO for providing humanitarian assistance to Rohingya camps, said the Foreign Ministry here. 

The newly appointed Representative of the FAO presented his credentials to the Foreign Minister.

Accepting the credentials, the Minister welcomed him to Bangladesh and wished him success in delivering his responsibilities and assured him of all out support from the government.  

He briefed the FAO Representative about the actions taken by the government under the leadership of Prime Minister to ensure food security in Bangladesh and informed him that Bangladesh has become the third largest producer of vegetable, fourth largest producer of rice and fifth largest producer of inland fisheries in the world. 

The Minister also highlighted other socio-economic developments achieved by the present government.

The FAO Representative said FAO is willing to strengthen its cooperation further with Bangladesh especially in the areas of food security, nutrition, developing agricultural systems as well as realizing the challenges in agricultural sector for achieving inclusive agricultural development. 

He also expressed his willingness to increase cooperation with Bangladesh government in exploiting the resources offered by the blue economy and deep sea fishing.