Nepal has shown interest in strengthening SAARC, with which BNP also agrees, said Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, a member of the party's standing committee.
He gave this information after the BNP Secretary General's meeting with the Nepalese ambassador at the BNP Chairperson's office in Gulshan in the capital on Monday (October 28) morning.
Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury said that BNP leaders had discussions with the Nepalese ambassador. Nepal-Bangladesh relations are very old which we could not fully utilize.
He said, we could not take South Asia to the place where we were supposed to be able to take it. We could not take SAARC, which was the dream of martyred President Ziaur Rahman, to the right place. The Nepalese ambassador said that the potential of South Asia SAARC has not been fulfilled.
He also said that SAARC should be taken to the right place for the development of South Asia. We will take SAARC to the right place to improve people-to-people relations, economic development and transportation systems of the two countries.
The BNP leader said that another important topic of discussion was Nepal's hydraulic power. It has huge potential. In that case, we will benefit. We can get supply energy from Nepal through energy flowers or directly. There is an opportunity to get out of the shameful chapter that the power sector has gone through in the last 15 years. If we want, we can bring Nepal's hydropower.
Amir Khasru said that many Nepalese students are studying in Bangladesh. In this context, we will work on how to further advance the education and service centers of the two countries.
Nepal's Ambassador to Bangladesh Ghanshyam Bhandari and Deputy Chief of Mission Ms. Lalita Silwal were present at the meeting. Led by BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, member of the party's standing committee, and Shama Obaid, member of the BNP's international affairs committee, were present.