Meghalaya Opens Avenues for Trade & Commerce With Bangladesh

Sylhet, November 6, 2019:

A 20-member delegation from Meghalaya had a "fruitful interaction with Commerce Minister, Bangladesh, Tipu Munshi in presence of officials to chalk out and identify key sectors for promotion of trade and commerce between the two countries."

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During the meet, trade opportunities between the two countries were discussed at length. It was resolved that products for trade are identified by both the countries and an MoU was inked for the purpose.

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The Govt. of Meghalaya has apprised that immediate tie up with tour operators should be forged to facilitate tourism in both the sides. A four member team of tour operators from Khasi Jaintia and Garo Hills is part of the delegation who will be holding discussions with tour operators tomorrow in presence of the Meghalaya CM in Dhaka.

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Improving services for boosting trade through land custom stations between India and Bangladesh were also discussed. High Commissioner of India in Bangladesh Smt. Riva Ganguly was also present in the meeting.

Bangladesh Minister sought India and especially Meghalaya’s cooperation to improve power sector, as demand for power is huge in Bangladesh for its growing economy.

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