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Bangladesh and Malaysia have signed five Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) and exchanged three notes in different areas of cooperation on the first day of Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus’s three-day visit to Malaysia on Tuesday.
Chief Adviser Yunus and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim witnessed the signing of the MoUs and the exchange of notes in Putrajaya, bdnews24.com reports.
The first note was exchanged on cooperation in the field of higher education.
Malaysian Foreign Minister Haji Mohamad bin Haji Hasan and Bangladesh’s Expatriate Welfare Adviser Asif Nazrul exchanged the note on behalf of their respective countries.
The second note is on training for diplomats and was exchanged by Malaysian Foreign Minister Hasan and Bangladesh’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain.
The first MoU is on defence co-operation and was signed by Malaysian Defence Minister Mohamed Khaled bin Nordin and Bangladesh’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid.
The second MoU is about cooperation in Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) supply, LNG infrastructure, petroleum products and their infrastructure. Malaysian Acting Economy Minister Amir Hamzah bin Azizan and Bangladesh’s Energy Adviser M Fouzul Kabir Khan signed the MoU.
The third note was on co-operation in the field of Halal ecosystem. Zulkifli bin Hasan, deputy minister in Malaysia’s Prime Minister’s Department, and Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud bin Harun, executive chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) exchanged the note.
The third MoU is for cooperation between the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia and the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies.
ISIS Malaysia Chairman Mohd Faiz Abdullah and Bangladesh High Commissioner in Malaysia Md Shameem Ahsan signed the MoU.
The fourth MoU is on collaboration between MIMOS Services Sdn Bhd and the Bangladesh-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BMCCI).
MIMOS Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mohamad Fauzi Yahaya and BMCCI President Shabbir Ahmed Khan signed the MoU.
The fifth MoU is between the National Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (NCCIM) and the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI).
NCCIM President N Gobalakrishnan and FBCCI Administrator Md Hafizur Rahman signed the MoU.