Hasina said both leaders agreed to continue to work to ensure stability in the Asia-Pacific region as well as on projects involving impacts of climate change as Bangladesh is considered to be one of the worst victims of change of weather. “We both hope that this new strategic move between Bangladesh and France will play an effective role in establishing regional and global stability and peace,” Hasina said. Some even said the visit may have a political and strategic significance ahead of Bangladesh’s next general election expected in early January.įrance is Bangladesh’s fifth-largest trading partner in the fields of engineering, energy, aerospace and water sectors. Chairman Shahjahan Mahmud was quoted as saying by Bangladesh’s leading English newspaper The Daily Star.īangladesh bought its first geostationary communications and broadcasting satellite, named Bangabandhu Satellite-1 and launched in 2018, from France where it was manufactured by Thales Alenia Space.īangladeshi media positively reported his visit, with many seeing it as a step to bring in investments from France in sectors where the United States, China and India are heavily engaged. Currently, we don’t have any monitoring capabilities across the vast sea,” state-run Bangladesh Satellite Company Ltd. This will be used mainly to observe the status of our crops and the sea. “The satellite that we will buy will travel through the orbit around 350 miles above the earth. Macron and Hasina witnessed the deals signed at the prime minister’s office.ĭetails remained unclear, with Bangladesh authorities saying they are still ironing out the details. This came during Macron’s two-day visit to Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, where he met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, to bolster bilateral relations between the two countries.īangladesh’s Economic Relations Division signed the agreement with the French Development Agency.Ī letter of intent was also signed to provide Bangladesh with an earth observation satellite system through cooperation between Bangladesh Satellite Company Limited, or BSCL, and Airbus Defense and Space SAS, France. DHAKA: French President Emmanuel Macron witnessed the signature of a deal Monday to facilitate loans to Bangladesh aimed at infrastructure development, as well as a letter of intent to provide the South Asian country with an earth observation satellite system.
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