Pakistan, Bangladesh open talks on expanding tie

By DPA

Dhaka : Senior Pakistan and Bangladeshi officials opened talks Wednesday to map a common strategy to expand trade, investment and shipping ties, diplomatic sources said.


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The talks were held between visiting Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Reaz Mohammad Khan and his Bangladeshi counterpart Towhid Hossain.

The two also discussed the possibilities of finalizing a free trade area, and focused on a direct shipping link to increase trade. The last such route stopped operating in 1987.

Pakistan exported to Bangladesh goods worth $ 150 million and imported from Bangladesh goods of about $57 million in 2005-06.

The two countries had held their last bilateral meeting at the foreign secretary level two years ago.

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