Håkon Arald Gulbrandsen, the Norwegian ambassador to Bangladesh, stated today that his nation is keen to collaborate with Bangladesh in the areas of fisheries, crop diversification, and climate adaption.
“Various Norwegian companies are interested to work in various sectors in Bangladesh as the two countries have a long standing history of mutual relations, development cooperation and trade,” he said.
During a visit to Agriculture Adviser Lieutenant General (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowhdury’s ministry office here, the ambassador made the comments.
The adviser and the envoy talked about a number of topics during the meeting, including the Rohingya problem, food security, climate change, agricultural damage from the recent flood, and the nation’s state of law and order.
According to the Norwegian diplomat, Bangladesh is interested in receiving nitrogen fertiliser exports from his nation.
The adviser welcomed the Norwegian delegation and stated that fertiliser is needed in the nation.
“We are regularly importing fertilizers from different countries. So, Norway can export fertilizers through Government to Government (G to G) or private sector initiatives,” the adviser said.
Lauding Bangladesh for giving shelter to thousands of forcibly displaced Myanmar citizen, he requested the ambassador to provide shelter of a good number of Rohingyas to Norway.
Regarding the nation’s law and order situation, the advisor stated that things were gradually getting better. It won’t take long for everything to return to normal. Soon, that will be the standard,” he continued.
In this connection, he said the government has taken measurers to recruit police personnel in different positions to maintain law and order across the country. Apart from this, he said necessary steps have been taken to bring back morals of the police forces.”
About Norwegian interest to cooperate police reforms agenda, Jahangir Alam also responsible to the ministry of home affairs said that he will talk to police reform commission in this regard.
The adviser stated that the recent floods had harmed the nation’s food grain supply and that the government would buy some food grains.
He asked Norway to accept young Bangladeshi researchers working in the fields of agriculture and fisheries. The adviser received assurances from the ambassador that he would make a real effort in this area.
Among the topics discussed were the country’s law and order situation, agricultural damage from the recent flood, and senior representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture and the Norwegian Embassy.
