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Blue Economy brings new economic potentiality: Speaker


Published : 04 Sep 2019 09:24 PM | Updated : 01 Sep 2020 07:23 AM

Speaker of the National Parliament Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Wednesday said the Blue Economy has brought a new economic potentiality.

“We will have to use the wealth for present and future citizens. At the same time, we should be more attentive for sustainable management of blue economy”, she said this during a courtesy call on Iranian Foreign Minister Dr. Mohammad Javad Zarif at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban in the capital on Wednesday.

During the meeting, the sustainable and rewarding utilization of Blue Economy, the Rohingya issue and expansion of the bilateral trade between Dhaka and Tehran came up for discussion.

Javad Zarif said they would encourage the private sectors of Iran to invest in Bangladesh in medicine and information technology sector, especially in software sector. The Iranian FM also expressed interest to import jute goods from Bangladesh. The Iranian Minister is currently staying in the capital to attend a two-day ministerial level conference on Blue-Economy.