Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali attended the 24th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Manila today. He is in Manila on a two-day official visit to attend the annual Ministerial Meeting of the ARF, a regional security platform of 28 members.
\n\tThe meeting discussed various issues of regional and global security including the issue of North Korea\u2019s recent long- ranged missile test and the situation of South China Sea. In his interventions, the Hon\u2019ble Minister reflected Bangladesh\u2019s commitment to peace and various security issues like curbing terrorism, illegal migration and climate change.
\n\tIn the morning, the Foreign Minister had a bilateral meeting with the State Minister of Sri Lanka and both sides promised to cooperate and work together in different regional forums especially in the framework of SAARC and BIMSTEC. The Sri Lankan State Minister showed interest for Bangladesh private sectors\u2019 investment in the Pharmaceuticals and Agro based sectors. The Sri Lankan Minister hoped that two countries would be able to finalize the FTA Soon.
\n\tHe also had a bilateral meeting with his host counterpart Alan Cayetano, the Secretary of Department of Foreign Affairs. Two Ministers discussed the possibilities and ways of further deepening the cooperation between the two countries, the possibility to start air flight between Dhaka and Manila. Bangladesh Minister thanked Secretary Caeytano for the support extended by the Filipino government for recovering of the heist fund of Bangladesh Bank and requested to form an inter-agency task force to coordinate the recovery of the heist fund. Secretary Cayetano assured the Hon\u2019ble Foreign Minister of his government\u2019s full support. The Bangladesh Foreign Minister invited the Filipino Foreign Minister to attend the OIC Ministerial Meeting to be hosted by Bangladesh next year.
\n\tThe Foreign Minister also met the Chinese Foreign Minister, Russian Foreign Minister, Indonesian Foreign Minister and Foreign Minister of East Timor on the side-line.
\n\tHe will attend the 50th anniversary celebration of ASEAN tomorrow. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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