Dhaka-Tokyo ties to bolster further: PM

The Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Saturday expressed her high hope that the overall excellent cooperative ties between Bangladesh and Japan will deepen further in the future.

‘The overall cooperative ties between Bangladesh and Japan will get stronger in the coming days,’ she said while inaugurating the newly built chancery complex of Bangladesh Embassy in Tokyo, Japan.

Referring to her bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinjo Abe in Nagoya today, Sheikh Hasina said her Japanese counterpart assured her that Japan would remain beside Bangladesh for its overall development, UNB reports.

She said Bangladesh put forward some development proposals during the meeting with Abe.

Secretary General of Japan-Bangladesh Parliamentary Friendship League Ichiro Tasukada, MP and state minister for foreign affairs Seiji Kihara also spoke during the programme, while Bangladesh ambassador to Japan Rabab Fatima delivered the welcome address.

PM’s younger sister Sheikh Rehana and foreign minister AH Mahmood Ali were present.

The 714-square meter chancery building was constructed at a cost of Tk 100 crore. The prime minister laid the foundation stone of the building on November 28, 2010 during her visit in Japan.