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GCC, Bangladesh ink MoU to strengthen economic cooperation

Bangladesh foreign minister AK Abdul Momen (third from the left) and secretary general of Gulf Cooperation Council Nayem FALAH M Al-Hajraf (right) pose for a photo.
  • The MoU was inked on the sidelines of the 18th edition of Manama Dialogue 2022
  • The GCC is a regional, intergovernmental, political, and economic union

Manama, Bahrain – The Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Dr Naif Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf signed on Friday an MoU with Bangladeshi foreign minister Abul Kalam Abdul-Moamen to strengthen economic cooperation between the parties. 

The MoU was inked on the sidelines of the 18th edition of Manama Dialogue 2022.  

The GCC is a regional, intergovernmental, political, and economic union comprising Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. 

The MoU,  Dr. Al-Hajraf said,  would serve as the legal basis for collaboration between Bangladesh and the GCC through a joint action plan, working group, technical team, business council, and forums.

Bangladesh foreign minister emphasized that his country  and the GCC have a lot of scope to work together for skill development, food security, energy security, climate change, crisis management, peace management, afforestation, IT cooperation and preferential or free trade agreement.