Argentina considering reopening embassy in Bangladesh

Argentina is planning on reopening its embassy in Dhaka in order to strengthen economic and political relations with Bangladesh.

Claudio Rozencwaig, undersecretary of foreign policy of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina shared the information with FBCCI President Md Jashim Uddin during a meeting on Monday in the capital.

Claudio Rozencwaig is leading an Argentine delegation visiting Dhaka and expressed interest in boosting bilateral relations on all fronts. He also invited FBCCI to lead a business delegation to Argentina to attend business to business meetings on potential sectors.

Federation chief Md Jashim Uddin stressed on establishing institutional partnership between the private sectors of two countries and proposed signing MoU between FBCCI and counterpart in Argentina to enhance trade engagements.

Moreover, Hugo Gobbi, ambassador of Argentine Republic to India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Maldives suggested signing of a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between Bangladesh and MERCOSUR as the FTA negotiations might take a long time whereas PTA takes a much shorter period.

“Argentina can provide agriculture technology and know-how support including seed technology to increase Bangladesh’s capability in the sector,” said Mariano Beheran, Agricultural attaché of Embassy of the Argentine Republic in India.

He also suggested that Bangladesh can import cotton, milk powder and garlic from Argentina.