Denmark keen to invest in Bangladesh's port, offshore wind energy

Denmark has expressed keen interest in investing in Bangladesh's port infrastructure and offshore wind energy as well as development of the pharmaceutical sector.

These were revealed while Danish Ambassador to Bangladesh Christian Brix Moller held a meeting with Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin at the foreign ministry yesterday (2 October), according to a foreign ministry's press release.

During the meeting, the foreign secretary welcomed the increasing interest of Danish companies in investments in Bangladesh.  

Jashim highlighted the interim government's reform initiatives and thanked Denmark for its specific offer of support to Bangladesh in the areas of good governance, democracy, human rights, institutional capacity building as well as rehabilitation of the victims of torture.

The foreign secretary said Bangladesh highly valued and attached great importance to its longstanding relations with Denmark.

He said that Dhaka looked forward to transforming Bangladesh-Denmark bilateral relations into a broad-based economic partnership with a particular focus on trade and investment, sustainability, and green transition.

Both sides expressed the two countries' desire to further strengthen bilateral relations for mutual benefit.

Danish envoy congratulated Jashim on his recent appointment as the Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh.