Adviser to the Prime Minister of Thailand, Dr. Nalinee Taveesin, now visiting Bangladesh, told that the office of Prime Minister of Thailand would extend its all-out support and cooperation for the growing bilateral and mutual business interest between Bangladesh and Thailand through BTCCI and Royal Thai Embassy, Dhaka.
He was addressing a reception in Dhaka organized jointly by Bangladesh Thai Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BTCCI) and The Royal Thai Embassy, Dhaka in honor of him on Sunday.
Ahasanul Islam Titu, State Minister for Commerce attended the reception as chief guest.
While addressing, he said trade between Thailand and Bangladesh will be easier and will reduce the days of cargo travelling if Chattogram and Ranong Ports are used.
Dr. Nalinee Taveesin is currently leading a high profile delegation from Thailand comprising of 25 members from different business sectors.
The visit mainly aims to promote bilateral trade and investment between two friendly countries. During the visit, an effective business to business (B2B) matchmaking held yesterday at Renaissance Hotel, Dhaka organized by jointly BTCCI and The Royal Thai Embassy, Dhaka where 120 business contracts were held between the Thai Delegates and interested BTCCI Members.
Later to the B2B meeting, a reception in honor of Dr. Nalinee Taveesin was also organized.
The State Minister emphasized to boost relations with each other in order to nurture the economic diplomacy adopted in recent visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Thailand and BTCCI is significantly taking opportunity for playing important roles on this.
He called for doing FTA between two nations for greater business opportunity of two countries, mentioning that Thailand is an advanced economy, and is recognized globally as a hub of the Asia-Pacific region due to its impressive creation, innovation and development of versatile products.
In B2B Matchmaking 45 Bangladeshi Companies joined for business tie up with the visiting Thai Delegation. There were 8 slots for the B2B meeting for every Thai company which was very much interactive business discussions between Bangladeshi Companies and Thai Companies.
President Shams Mahmud offered Thai companies through tehir thinking for more investment in Bangladesh as there have lot of business friendly environment.
Makawadee Sumitmor, Ambassador of Thailand to Bangladesh, Dr. Md. Sarwar Bari, Executive Chairman of BEZA, Md. Munir Hossain, Sr. Vice President of BTCCI & Vice President of FBCCI were present among others.