Ambassador of Denmark to Bangladesh H.E. Mr. Christian Brix Moller congratulated Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud on his appointment as the Foreign Minister, during an introductory courtesy call this afternoon, at the latter’s office.
The Foreign Minister thanked Denmark for its continued development cooperation support to our climate-affected communities along coastal areas and the Danish businesses for their investment, particularly in the shipping, logistics, and pharmaceuticals sectors, and suggested establishing factories at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar in Chattogram with a dedicated area for Danish investments. Highlighting Danish knowledge and expertise, he requested for Danish investments in renewable energy, particularly offshore wind and solar energy as well as in the ICT sector. The Foreign Minister expressed optimism to further strengthen our bilateral ties and widen business baskets further.
The Danish Ambassador termed the relations between the two countries as value-based, exceptional, and strong. Bangladesh is Denmark’s second-largest development partner and the largest in terms of per capita trade, he added. He raised increasing interests of Danish companies in our port infrastructure and renewable energy sectors e.g. APM Terminals initiatives to construct and operate a container terminal at Laldia in Chattogram and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and Copenhagen Offshore Partners proposal to invest US$ 1.3 billion in Bangladesh to generate 500 MW offshore wind energy. He also expressed Danish investor’s interest in establishing cold chains in Bangladesh. The Ambassador hoped for a visit by the Danish Foreign Minister to Bangladesh in the near future.
Both sides also expressed satisfaction over collaboration between the two countries in multilateral fora and on climate and green transition issues.