Bangladesh may sign 11 deals with Cambodia during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s official visit to the Southeast Asian nation.
Foreign Affairs Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali came up with the revelation on Thursday.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will set off for the three-day trip on December 3.
The two countries will sign nine memoranda of understanding and two agreements during the visit.
The nine MoUs will be on the formation of a joint trade council, boosting coordination in implementation of sustainable development goals by 2030, labour and vocational training, information and communication technology, tourism, preservation of war history and memorabilia, expansion of fisheries and aquaculture and investments.
The agreements will focus on collaboration among top business entities of the two nations and movement of private airlines, Ali said at a media briefing on Thursday.
Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies and Royal Academy of Cambodia are expected to sign a MoU to ensure collaboration at the academic level.
The foreign minister said Bangladesh has agreed to rename one prominent street in its capital after the founding father of Cambodia and vice versa.
The Park Road in Baridhara Diplomatic Zone will be renamed after Norodom Sihanouk, the late king of Cambodia.
Similarly, Cambodia will rename an important street in capital Phnom Penh after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
When asked if the Rohingya crisis will be talked about during the premier’s visit, Ali said: “Let us go there first, and then we will see.”
To another query, the minister said Pope Francis, who is in Dhaka now, had been on Bangladesh’s side even before he visited Myanmar.
The Prime Minister is taking the tour, invited by her Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen.
The two leaders are due to hold bilateral meetings. Hasina is also expected to pay a courtesy visit to the Cambodian king.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen took an official tour to Bangladesh from Jun 16-18 in 2014.
