Bangladesh, Pakistan seek stronger ties

25/8/2025 7:15

Bangladesh and Pakistan have signed several deals and memorandums of understanding as part of their efforts to work together for further cooperation.



"We've resolved to work together to take forward our multidimensional relations with Pakistan," Bangladesh's Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain said at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka after a meeting with Pakistani Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Sunday.



A press release by the Bangladesh foreign ministry said after the bilateral meeting, the signing ceremony took place. One agreement on the abolition of visa for diplomatic and official passport holders, one cultural exchange program and four MoUs on cooperation in trade, between news agencies, foreign service academies and think tanks of two countries were signed.



The Pakistani official is on a two-day official visit to Bangladesh from Saturday to Sunday.



This is the first official visit by a Pakistani dignitary since the Bangladeshi interim government was formed.