DHAKA: Foreign Minister Dr. Dipu Moni MP said Bangladesh will open a resident mission in Lisbon soon to serve the needs of the growing Bangladesh community in Portugal.

“The community in Portugal is growing and they are contributing positively there,” she said as a Special Envoy of the Foreign Minister of Portugal, Pedro Catarino, called on her at the Foreign Ministry.

She also called upon the Portuguese Envoy to consider opening a resident mission of Portugal in Dhaka to mitigate the sufferings of people traveling from Bangladesh to Portugal as well as to explore full trade and economic potential between the two countries.

Moni hoped that the Portuguese entrepreneurs would avail themselves of these opportunities as well as the package of incentives offered to the foreign investors in Bangladesh.

They underscored the need for interaction between the business communities of the two countries through exchanges of business delegations.

BDST: 2030 HRS. JULY 18, 2010