Germany, the biggest economy of Europe, has shifted its bilateral focus with Bangladesh from development cooperation to partnership.
Both the countries agreed that future bilateral development cooperation will incorporate ‘SMEs and skills/vocational training’ as the new thematic focus.
Not only that Germany will seek to have more investment in Bangladesh and this message was conveyed by the German Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Fahrenholtz when he called on new Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen at the Ministry Thursday.
A press release of the foreign ministry said the foreign minister “thanked the Ambassador for agreeing to make the shift in the thematic focus of future bilateral development cooperation, by incorporating ‘SMEs and skills/vocational training’ as the new thematic focus.”
Ambassador Fahrenholtz expressed deep appreciation for the ‘very successful’ engagements and cooperation between the two countries in the area of migration – a top priority for the Chancellor Merkel’s government.
He also expressed interests in deepening bilateral relations on issues like trade and investment, Rohingya crisis, migration, SMEs and skills development, climate change, and beyond.