Dhaka and Jakarta today vowed to work together in energy, agriculture and health sectors as Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin had a bilateral meeting with his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit here.<\/p>\n
“Bangladesh and Indonesia earlier singed three MoUs (memorandum of understanding) on energy and health sectors that created huge opportunity to work for welfare of the two countries,” Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said in a media briefing after the meeting.<\/p>\n
The Bangladesh President is now on a visit to Indonesia to attend the 43rd summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and 18th ‘East Asia summit’ at Jakarta Convention Center (JCC) here.<\/p>\n
According to Momen, Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin at the bilateral meeting expressed heartiest thanks to his Indonesian counterpart for inviting him and providing excellent hospitality to the Bangladesh delegation.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian President highly appreciated Bangladesh’s development in health sector, especially in the ‘Community Clinic’ concept designed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that gained worldwide appreciation in larger scale.<\/p>\n