Riyadh and Dhaka share common values

intensify relations between the two brotherly nations.

The prime minister assured all support and cooperation to Saudi Arabia, including the deployment of Bangladeshi soldiers to protect Two Holy sites of Islam as and when asked for. These excellent relations between Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia may be attributed to the fact that both countries share common perspectives, values and commitments.

The Saudi government has launched “Saudi Vision 2030” which offers Bangladesh the potential to look at new areas of engagement and cooperation.

Similarly, Bangladesh’s Vision 2021 (of emergence as a middle-income country) and Vision 2041 (of emergence as a developed country) provides a fast-growing economic opportunity for Saudi nationals to invest and do business with beneficial terms.

Bangladesh, one of the major countries contributing troops to UN peace keeping operations around the globe, has been playing an active role in peace building and promotion of democracy in war-torn countries.

Bangladesh’s enlightened and forward looking foreign policy had made the country an important role player in the UN, Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Commonwealth and other international and regional organizations. Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia can work