Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday (April 27) called for taking business and investment relationships between Bangladesh and Japan to the next level.

She said: "I am confident that our fifty years of enviable cooperation with Japan will remain an inspiration for the coming fifty years. Let us take our business and investment relations to the next higher level."

The prime minister made the remarks in a meet and greet programme with the selected Japanese Business Leaders at Sakura, The Westin in Tokyo.

The PM said that she greatly valued the opinion of businessmen from Japan and has noted their suggestions.

‘Our Embassy here in Tokyo is ready to cooperate and facilitate your ventures in Bangladesh. Please come to Bangladesh to explore the potentials of business and investment opportunities waiting for you,’ she said.

According to the PM, they had already resolved a number of regulatory and policy issues raised by Japanese companies in Bangladesh to attract more Japanese investments.

Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen, PM’s private industry and investment affairs adviser Salman Fazlur Rahman, state minister for foreign minister Md Shahriar Alam, and state minister for information communication and technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak, among others, were present.

Top business leaders from Bangladesh and Japan were also present.

BDST: 1509 HRS, APRIL 27, 2023
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