UK minister concerned over 'fall in foreign investment'
Secretary of State for International Development, United Kingdom Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP, along with his delegates, pays a courtesy call on Leader of the Opposition in Parliament and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan office in the city yesterday. Photo: BNP
A visiting British minister expressed "concern at the decline in foreign investment" in Bangladesh as he called on Leader of the Opposition Khaleda Zia in the city last evening. The UK Secretary of State for International Development, Andrew Mitchell, held an hour-long meeting with Khaleda, also the BNP chairperson, at her Gulshan office. They discussed issues of bilateral relations, politics, economics, and trade. Mitchell viewed that foreign investment in a country declines when it suffers from political instability, BNP Vice Chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury, who was present at the meeting, said in a news briefing. He said the British minister expressed "a little bit of concern over a little decrease of foreign investment" in Bangladesh. During the meeting, Mitchell hoped that a free, fair, neutral, and acceptable election would be held in Bangladesh to overcome political instability. He also hoped that the UK would play a bigger role in the investment in Bangladesh. He said the economic assistance of Britain has been increased in Bangladesh. Terming the relations between Bangladesh and the UK historic, Khaleda said it will be further enhanced in the days to come. She hoped that Bangladeshi students would get more opportunity for scholarship for study in the UK. She also sought the UK minister's intervention in increasing visa facilities for Bangladeshis to get job in Bangladeshi restaurants in that country.
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