Newly appointed ambassador of Iran to Bangladesh Mansour Chavoshi on Sunday said his country is sincere in enhancing economic relations with Bangladesh. He said Iran is ready to cooperate with Bangladesh in the medical, engineering and energy sector for mutual benefit of the people of Bangladesh and Iran. Ambassador Chavoshi discussed the issues during his meeting with State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam. Read: Kuwaiti envoy urged to explore investment opportunities in Bangladesh The State Minister briefed the ambassador about the impressive economic growth of Bangladesh under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He expressed that there is a lot of opportunity for Iran to invest in the special economic zones of Bangladesh. The ambassador highly appreciates the government of Bangladesh for its continued economic success and social development, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The State Minister said Bangladesh and Iran enjoy excellent relations in bilateral as well as in multilateral forums. Read: Dhaka, Delhi likely to sign 7 deals, MoUs during PM's India visit: FM He said the people of Bangladesh and Iran have strong historical and cultural bondage. “There are ample scopes to further strengthen economic and trade and investment relations between the two countries.” He requested for exchange of high level visits and more engagements in medical, food processing, ICT and energy sectors.

Bangladesh wants to enhance economic relations with the Asean countries with increased trade and has sought stronger efforts from its envoys in Asean countries.  The Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) is a 10-member international body that represents more than 500 million people living in the region. Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen on Monday exchanged views with the Bangladesh envoys and urged them to step up their efforts for protecting the national interests of Bangladesh with particular emphasis on enhancing trade and economic relationship with the Asean countries.  Also read: ASEAN envoys meet Myanmar junta leader to press for dialogue He called upon the envoys to make innovative and out-of-the-box efforts to maintain the momentum of the economic growth of Bangladesh in context of the raging pandemic and other regional and global challenges.  The virtual meeting was held on the locally developed Bangladeshi virtual video conferencing platform ‘Boithok’ with Bangladesh Ambassadors/High Commissioners in Asean countries on contemporary issues. Eight Ambassadors/High Commissioners along with other senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs attended the virtual meeting chaired by the Foreign Secretary.  Also read: Bangladesh keen for establishing road, rail links with China, ASEAN countries Set up in 1967 in Bangkok by Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore, Asean has since been joined by Brunei, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar and Cambodia.