In a bid to improve relations between Bangladesh's ruling and opposition parties, the Commonwealth Secretariat has proposed a seminar in Dhaka aimed to enhance cooperation between the two sides. Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba met with Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni at the foreign ministry in Dhaka yesterday to discuss the seminar.
Foreign minister Dr Dipu Moni yesterday said Bangladesh has been a major contributor to UN efforts in the maintenance of international peace and security, besides setting UN norms and standards on issues ranging from development to trade to human rights.
Foreign minister Dr Dipu Moni has said, Bangladesh is examining the proposed Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) and will continue further dialogues on this matter. Dipu Moni expressed Dhaka's position when the visiting US assistant trade representative for South Asia and Central Asia, Michael J Delaney called on her at the ministry yesterday. She also told the US official that Bangladesh was eager to intensify Bangladesh-US cooperation in all areas, including trade and commerce, energy, socio-economic development.
After a gap of about eight months, the foreign ministers of Bangladesh and India - Dr Dipu Moni and S M Krishna - again interacted in New Delhi today to arrive at a solution of various bilateral multifarious issues that remained unresolved for quite sometime. Dr Moni had put Bangladesh's point of views on different unresolved issues during two hour talks with her Indian counterpart Krishna at Hyderabad House today morning.
