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BANGLADESH-HUNGARY-TALK
Trade cooperation to be focus of Dhaka-Budapest talks
DHAKA, Sept 9, 2020 (BSS) – Bangladesh and Hungary will hold a
bilateral talk tomorrow here to find out further opportunities for
trade and investment cooperation between the two nations.
It is expected that more than two instruments will be signed between
Bangladesh and Hungary after the bilateral meeting, a foreign ministry
source told BSS today.
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and his Hungarian counterpart
Peter Szijjarto will hold the bilateral meeting at 2:45pm at the State
Guesthouse Padma here.
After the bilateral talk, the two foreign ministers will hold a
joint press briefing at 4 pm at the guesthouse.
The Hungarian Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister is scheduled to
arrive here after midnight tonight and to leave the country tomorrow
evening.
Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen will receive the Hungarian
Foreign Minister and at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, said
the source.
In the morning, Szijjarto will first visit the Father of the Nation
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Museum to pay tribute to
memories of the country’s founding father and his family members who
were brutally killed in 1975.
After that he is scheduled to meet Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi at
the secretariat at 11am.
Foreign Minister Momen will host a lunch in honour of the visiting
Hungarian minister before the bilateral talk.
Bangladesh Television will anchor a 20-minute interview with the
Hungarian foreign minister while he is scheduled to depart Dhaka at
6:30 pm.
Hungary was one of the first countries to recognize Bangladesh just
after few days of the country’s independence in 1971 while the
diplomatic tie between the new born nation and the east European
country was established on January 29, 1972.
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