Bangladesh and the European Union (EU) on Wednesday reiterated their commitment to the launching of the Partnership Cooperation Agreement at an early date for cooperation in strategic areas, according to a press statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
It was agreed during the first political dialogue between Bangladesh and the EU held in November last year in Dhaka.
Bangladesh and the European Union held bilateral discussion on sectoral issues at the state guesthouse--Padma--in Dhaka on Wednesday, the MoFA press release said.
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md. Shahriar Alam and Deputy Secretary General for Economic and Global Issues, European External Action Service (EEAS) Helena König led the respective side.
Bangladesh and the EU expressed satisfaction that 2023 marks their 50 years of partnership.
Both sides discussed ways and means to enhance cooperation on important sectors like climate change, energy security, renewable energy, ocean governance, digitalisation and cyber security, knowledge-innovation-infrastructure development under EU's Global Gateway.
