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Tuesday, August 05, 2008 - 5.03 GMT
Bangladesh to start bilateral FTA talks with India, SL, Pakistan

 
Bangladesh on Sunday decided to start bilateral free trade negotiations with India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, Bangladesh media reported.

The decision was made at a high-powered inter-ministerial meeting led by commerce advisor Hussain Zillur Rahman, a spokesman of the ministry said.

"The government has decided to initiate dialogue with New Delhi, Islamabad and Colombo in a bid to strike bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) with each of them," he said.

The country's embassies in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka would start the negotiation process while a core committee at the commerce ministry will prepare the terms of reference for each of the three countries before the final talks start, he added.





 
 
   
   
   
   

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