Bangladesh is stepping up its bid to be a sectoral dialogue partner of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), with Chief Adviser Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus emphasising the country’s economic and strategic advantages as key to deepening ties with the bloc.
Prof Yunus highlighted that Bangladesh’s population of more than 170 million offers ASEAN both a substantial market and an available workforce for regional industries, while its untapped economic potential presents significant opportunities for collaboration and growth.
“There are many unexplored areas of investment which would be easy to pursue with Myanmar. We don’t do deep sea fishing, for example. We have a big ocean right outside, but we never exploit that.
“So with Myanmar joining in, it becomes another opportunity to work together in deep sea fishing because we share the ocean together,” he told the Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) in a recent interview held on the sidelines of his official visit here.
The South Asian nation has sought for a sectoral dialogue partner status with ASEAN, and the pursuit has gained momentum since Yunus assumed leadership of Bangladeshi interim government in Aug last year. বিস্তারিত