State Minister for Commerce Ahsanul Islam Titu said on Wednesday that Mongolia has expressed its interest to recruit skilled manpower from Bangladesh in different sectors, including doctors, nurses and engineers.

Non-resident ambassdor of Mongolia to Bangladesh Ganbold Dambajav expressed this interest when he came to pay a courtesy call on the state minister at the Secretariat on Wednesday.

“Many skilled workers from Bangladesh are working with reputation in many countries of the world. There is a huge demand for Bangladeshi workers in the foreign labour market.

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“The Mongolian ambassador expressed interest to recruit doctors, nurses, engineers and manpower in various sectors including construction, agriculture and said that they will take immediate steps in this regard,” said Titu.

The ambassador said there is a huge demand for skilled manpower with English language skill as Mongolia has declared English as the country's second language.

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Titu also said there are numerous graduates in English in Bangladesh who have made themselves skilled by following international standards such as IELTS, TOEFL and GRE.

The Mongolian government is taking necessary measures to appoint skilled students from Bangladesh as teachers in schools, colleges and universities of that country, he said.

At the time, the junior minister also urged the Mongolian government to import pharmaceutical products from Bangladesh.

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During the meeting, Ambassador Dambajav informed that Mongolia is a GSP Plus beneficiary country of the European Union and has an agreement on economic partnership with Japan. There are also favourable economic and trade relations with China and Russia. Therefore, Bangladesh can strengthen trade and economic relations with Mongolia, including investment.