Sweden has expressed its interest to collaborate with Bangladesh in the information and technology sector, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday.
Swedish State Secretary for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Håkan Jevrell shared this with State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam in a meeting in Stockholm.
He highly appreciated Bangladesh's achievements in IT and climate change adaptation and expressed their keenness to collaborate with Bangladesh on IT sector development and green transition.
With Bangladesh's high economic growth, he also expressed Sweden's desire to enhance trade and investment relations in the context of evolving geo-political developments.
The state minister highlighted the Bangladesh government's plan and suggested close cooperation between the countries on software technology, 4IR-enabled agriculture and human resources development.
The Swedish state secretary appreciated Bangladesh for hosting forcibly displaced Rohingyas as well.
Shahriar Alam thanked Sweden for its continued development cooperation with Bangladesh, particularly in the areas of improving living conditions for the poor and promoting gender equality.
He thanked the Swedish government for humanitarian assistance to forcibly displaced Rohingyas and for their support towards a political solution to this crisis.
Both sides also discussed possible cooperation on climate change bilaterally and multilaterally.
Bangladesh Ambassador to Sweden Mehdi Hasan and Director General (West Europe and EU) of the foreign ministry Kazi Russel Pervez, among others, were also present at the meeting.
