The ambassador of Nepal to Bangladesh, Ghanshyam Bhandari, expressed hope on Tuesday that the two countries would soon be able to trade electricity. Chief Adviser Prof. Muhammad Yunus expressed confidence about the situation when the envoy paid him a courtesy call at the state guesthouse Jamuna in Dhaka. He updated the top adviser on Nepal’s massive hydropower potential during the meeting.
The two South Asian countries have “excellent” bilateral relations based on shared history and extremely deep people-to-people interactions, according to the ambassador. They are also members of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) and SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation). According to him, there is still very little trade between the two countries.
Additionally, he expressed his gratitude to the Bangladeshi government for housing a large number of Nepali students, especially those pursuing medical degrees. “Many doctors of Nepal were educated in Bangladesh.”
Since there hasn’t been a summit of SAARC since 2014, the chief adviser enquired about the organization’s activities throughout the conversation. The SAARC headquarters are located in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.
The importance of closely cooperating in multiple international venues and promoting regional cooperation through SAARC and BIMSTEC was underscored by Ambassador Bhandari.
