Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said bilateral relations with Japan will be cemented further with the visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
“Bangladesh-Japan relations are very deep. It will further be deepened through the visit,” he told the news media on Wednesday evening.
Momen said Japan is keen to elevate the comprehensive relations to a strategic one. “We like each other.”
PM Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to leave for Japan on November 29.
In a severe blow to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Japan’s three cabinet members will leave in less than a month.
Responding to a question on Japanese Ambassador Ito Naoki’s recent polls-related comments, Momen said certainly someone briefed him this way as he said he heard this.
The ambassador said this in a simple and plain way, Momen said. “He is a good friend of Bangladesh.”
Japan is the largest bilateral development partner of Bangladesh for many years. The country is also the biggest buyer of Bangladeshi garments among the non-traditional markets.
