The cabinet yesterday approved the drafts of two agreements likely to be signed with the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait shortly.
An agreement on security cooperation would be inked with the UAE while another deal on military cooperation with Kuwait is in the offing.
The Home Ministry and the Defence Ministry placed the drafts of the two agreements in a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The cabinet finally gave permission to sign the agreements, Cabinet Secretary M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan told reporters after the cabinet meeting.
He informed that the premier would go to the UAE on October 27 on a three-day visit. The government had taken initiatives to sign the agreement with the UAE to ensure the security and safety of the Bangladeshi workers working in that country, he added.
According to the proposed agreement on security cooperation, the cabinet secretary said, the two countries would work together to enhance cooperation in preventing crimes such as terrorism, use of arms and weaponry, human trafficking and money laundering. The two countries would also exchange convicted persons if any.
According to the agreement to be signed with Kuwait, the two countries would exchange military training, education, technology and logistics, cultural history and information and communication technology.