Bangladesh Wants to Buy Sugar, Wheat, Soybean Oil from Brazil

Bangladesh has shown interest to import sugar, wheat, and soybean oil from Brazil.

This was conveyed to the newly appointed Ambassador of Brazil to Bangladesh Paulo Fernando Dias Feres when he met Shahriar Alam, state minister for foreign affairs, on Monday at his office in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

They discussed the possibility of investing in the fields of high-breed cows, poultry, poultry feed, and fisheries in Bangladesh.

The state minister also expressed hope that Brazil would facilitate Bangladesh’s initiative to have preferential trade agreements with the MERCOSUR countries.

The Brazilian envoy said that during his tenure he would like to work on introducing Bangladesh better to the Brazilians, work intensely to strengthen people-to-people and business-to-business contacts, and widen trade relations with Bangladesh.

Ambassador Feres appreciated Bangladesh’s economic strides in the last decade.

Referring to his recent visit to Brazil, Shahriar thanked the Brazilian government for concluding a visa exemption agreement for diplomatic and official passports holders and MoUs between the Foreign Service Academy and Bangladesh and the Rio Branco Institute of Brazil.

He also mentioned that three business MoUs with the apex Chambers in Brazil were important step stones towards greater commercial cooperation between the two friendly countries.

Shahriar congratulated him on the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Brazil.

He also congratulated the newly elected President of Brazil Luiz Inácio ‘Lula’ da Silva on his remarkable victory.

The state minister said Bangladesh looks forward to working with the new administration to further strengthen its political and trade relations.

The ambassador expressed his country’s keen interest to work with Bangladesh closely on the issues of mutual benefits in the bilateral and multilateral forums.