Bangladesh, Pakistan sign deals on trade, diplomacy during top Islamabad diplomat’s ‘historic’ visit
DHAKA: Bangladesh and Pakistan on Sunday signed a series of agreements during Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar’s visit to Dhaka — the first such high-level engagement in more than a decade.
Dar arrived in Dhaka on Saturday, two days after the visit of Pakistani Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan.
He is the most senior Pakistani official to visit Bangladesh since 2012. Pakistan’s government has referred to the trip as historic and a “significant milestone” in relations, which have been growing since a student-led uprising ousted Bangladesh’s former leader, Sheikh Hasina, last year.
After a series of meetings with Bangladesh’s interim administration, Dar and Bangladeshi Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain signed a set of understandings aimed at strengthening trade and diplomatic relations.
