Staff Correspondent
Bahrain new Ambassador-designate Abdul Rahman Mohamed Al Gaoud paid recently a courtesy call on
Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud, MP at the foreign ministry office. During the call on, Foreign
Minister termed the ties between the two countries as the excellent one and hoped that during his
tenure, it would grow in depth and dimension in various areas of cooperation including trade and
commerce, manpower employment, culture, education and so on. He thanked the Bahraini
Government for hosting a good number of Bangladeshis who were contributing to the economies of
both the countries. The Bahraini Ambassador-designate thanked the Foreign Minister for his warm
welcome and expressed keen interests to further enhance the bilateral ties, particularly economic
collaboration between the two countries. He apprised the Minister of the contribution of exapt
Bangladeshis in different trades with diligence and honour except a handful few having involved in
violating the law of the land. Foreign Minister enquired about the direct air connectivity between
Chattogram and Manama and hoped that Gulf Airlines could operate additional flights between
Chattogram and Manama which would further boost people to people contact between the two
countries. Responding positively to the Foreign Minister' s proposal, the visiting Ambassador- designate
sought the Minister's assistance in enhancing additional frequency for the gulf airways to do so.
Foreign Minister also raised the issue of expatriate family members from Bahrain in Bangladesh during
Covid- 19 and sought the envoy's cooperation in issuing visas for them and help them to get united with
immediate family members in Bahrain. During the meeting, both sides also exchanged views on the
means and ways to enhance two way trade and investment between the two countries. The Bahraini
envoy informed the Foreign Minister about his government's plan in opening a diplomatic mission in
Dhaka to further promote businesses and people-to-people connectivity. The Bahraini Ambassador-
designate also paid a courtesy call on with the Foreign Secretary HE Masud bin Momen in the latter's
office.
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