Indonesia rolls out red carpet for Bangladesh president Shahabuddin

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Indonesia rolls out red carpet for Bangladesh president Shahabuddin​

Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Jakarta | Published: 20:39, Sep 04,2023

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Indonesia on Monday rolled out the red carpet to welcome president Mohammed Shahabuddin as he arrived in Jakarta in the afternoon to join the 43rd ‘ASEAN Summit’ and 18th ‘East Asia Summit’ slated for September 5-7.

A VVIP flight (aircraft BG 1910) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited landed at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta via Singapore at about 5:45pm (local time).

Indonesian environment and forestry minister Siti Nurbaya, Bangladesh foreign minister AK Abdul Momen, and Chargé d’ affaires of the Bangladesh mission in Indonesia Md Shajebur Rahman and officials received the president at the airport.

Earlier, a commercial flight (BG-584) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited carrying the president along with his spouse Rebecca Sultana and other entourages left Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport at 8:30am and reached Sangi International Airport in Singapore at about 2:00pm (Singapore time) on his way to Jakarta.

At the invitation of the president of the Republic of Indonesia and ASEAN chair for 2023 Joko Widodo, the Bangladesh president will attend the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Summit and the ‘East Asia Summit’ at the Jakarta Convention Centre.

The president will deliver the concluding speech on ‘Strengthening Regional Architecture to Support the Epicentrum of Growth from the Perspective of IORA’ as the ‘Guest of Chair’ there.

He will also have separate bilateral meetings with his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo and state leaders of Thailand, Malaysia and Timor-Leste.

On September 6, the president will attend a ‘Gala Dinner’ to be hosted by the Indonesian president at Hutan Kota Gelora Bung Karno.

After wrapping up his Indonesia tour, the head of state along with his spouse will go to Singapore for health check up on September 8.

The president is expected to return home on September 16.

Indonesia rolls out red carpet for Bangladesh president Shahabuddin

Indonesia on Monday rolled out the red carpet to welcome president Mohammed Shahabuddin as he arrived in Jakarta in the afternoon to join the 43rd ‘ASEAN Summit’ and 18th ‘East Asia Summit’ slated for September 5-7....

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[Indos]

Nice....

 

[saif]

Nice....

Thank you for your hospitality

 

[@blue Ocean]

After failure to get into BRICS, BD is now for getting into ASEAN,

Every ASEAN member has veto (read Consensus) power. Burma is there to veto BD. I think it is OK. BD belongs to South Asia historically and culturally.

Hasina probably expects a few dollar donations from some of the ASEAN members. She wants this money to gather votes for her party.

BD FER is hanging near $20 billion now.

 

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Dhaka, Jakarta sign MoU on energy, health cooperation

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05 September, 2023, 01:00 pm
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Bangladesh urged Indonesia to ease the market access for Bangladeshi readymade garment products in Indonesia​

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi in Jakarta signed two MoUs on energy and health cooperation between Bangladesh and Indonesia on Monday, 5 September 2023. Photo: Collected
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Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi in Jakarta signed two MoUs on energy and health cooperation between Bangladesh and Indonesia on Monday, 5 September 2023. Photo: Collected

Bangladesh and Indonesia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation between the two countries in the energy sector.

A separate bilateral MoU on agricultural cooperation between the two countries was also signed.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi in Jakarta signed the MoUs on Monday (5 September).

Bangladesh urged Indonesia to ease the market access for Bangladeshi readymade garment products in Indonesia.

While the energy-sector MoU aims at promoting long-term sale and delivery of the conventional form of energy to and developing new and renewable energy sources and power plants in Bangladesh, the agriculture one is intended to foster collaboration in producing, marketing, promoting technology transfer and exchange of best practices in the field of agriculture, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday.

Expressing his satisfaction over the recent increase in bilateral trade volume between the two countries surpassing the three-billion-dollar mark, Dr Momen noted the stark imbalance between Bangladesh's import and export volumes.

The gap can only be reduced by promoting the export of Bangladeshi products to the Indonesian markets, especially the ones that Bangladesh has a competitive advantage in, he said.

Recognizing Indonesia as an important trade partner of Bangladesh in the ASEAN region, Momen said there was great potential to further enhance bilateral trade and investment, given the complementary strengths and resources.

He expressed his hope that the bilateral Preferential Trade Agreement between the two countries would be finalized soon.

The two foreign ministers discussed various aspects of the bilateral relationship between the two countries, including cooperation in trade and investment and collaboration between the two countries in the international forums, Bangladesh's bid to become a sectoral dialogue partner of ASEAN and the issue of the repatriation of the forcible displaced Myanmar nationals (the Rohingyas) temporality sheltered in Bangladesh.

Foreign Minister Marsudi underscored the meteoric socio-economic development under the able leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Noting that Bangladesh and Indonesia enjoy cultural similarity and a historical bond the the people-to-people level, she emphasized exploring new avenues of collaboration and partnership to build a stronger, more vibrant relationship between the two great nations.

The ministers stressed the potential of further enhancing collaboration to ensure energy and food security.

Dr Momen is now visiting Jakarta to accompany President Mohammed Shahabuddin as the latter, at the invitation of President Joko Widodo of Indonesia, participating in the 43rd ASEAN Summit and the 18th East Asia Summit – two grand events attended by top leaders from the Southeast Asia region and beyond.

Dhaka, Jakarta sign MoU on energy, health cooperation

Bangladesh urged Indonesia to ease the market access for Bangladeshi readymade garment products in Indonesia

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[saif]

Indonesia as the largest economy in the ASEAN can offer easy access to its marker for Bangladeshis products. Bangladesh can also develop defense relationship with Indonesia as the latter has a strong defense industry. Defense cooperation in the areas of technology transfer and training should be our primary focus.