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Bangladesh
Official name: People’s
Republic of Bangladesh
Location: bordered by India
to the north, east and west,
and the Bay of Bengal to
the south and Myanmar to
the south-east
Area: 147,570 km2
Population: 158 million
Official language: Bengali
Other languages: English
Religion: Islam (90.4 %),
Hinduism (8.2 %),
Buddhism, Christianity
Capital city: Dhaka
Currency: Taka
Climate: tropical with mild
winters from October to
March and hot, humid
summers from March to
June
Public holiday: 26th
March, Independence and
National Day
Form of state:
People‘s Republic
Head of State:
Abdul Hamid
Head of Government:
Sheikh Hasina
From left to right: Honorary Consul Wolfgang Weninger,
First Secretary Shabab Bin Ahmed, Ambassador Mohammed Abu
Zafar, Salma A. Zafar, Honorary Consul Ernst W. Graft.
global identity and stature as a responsible and contributing
member of the international community.
Inspired by the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s vision of establishing the
country as “Sonar Bangla” (Golden Bengal). The
Government of Bangladesh has been tirelessly working
to transform Bangladesh into a middle income
country by 2021 and a developed nation by 2041. Taking
into consideration the country’s geographical
position, the importance of foreign development assistance
and its economic and political interests.
Bangladesh pursues constructive cooperation with
the world of Islamic states and with western states.
Relations with Bangladesh’s South Asian neighbours
with whom it enjoys historic ties, geographic proximity
and multifaceted cooperation is being further
consolidated, while Bangladesh’s relations with its
traditional economic partners in the Far Eastern region,
especially China, Japan and South Korea have
been vibrant. Both China and Japan are supporting
Bangladesh in expanding infrastructure. The country
also enjoys particularly close relations with states
in the Gulf, where more than half of Bangladesh’s
overseas workers are employed. Second only to export
revenues from the textile industry, their remittances
to home are Bangladesh’s most important
source of income. Bangladesh is a founder member
of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
(SAARC), the Group of Eight Developing
Countries (D-8) and the Bay of Bengal Initiative for
“Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation”
(BIMSTEC). The country is a member of the
United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations, the
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and the Movement
of Non-Aligned States.
Bilateral relations: Austria – Bangladesh
The foundations for the good relations between
Austria and Bangladesh were laid back in 1971 when
Austria supported Bangladesh during its war of independence,
both in a moral and a material regard.
“Immediately after liberation, the Austrian Ambassador
based in New Delhi basically worked out a
paper on economic policy for Bangladesh, outlining
how Bangladesh could deepen its economic relations
with Western Europe,” Ambassador Zafar said.
The First Meeting of the Austria-Bangladesh Joint
Working Group was held in February 2002. From
26th-28th February 2013, the Bangladeshi Foreign
Minister visited Austria for the 5th Global Forum of
the Alliance of Civilisation of the United Nations in
Vienna. During this visit, she met a range of dignitaries
including the Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister,
Michael Spindelegger, the President of the
Austrian Economic Chambers, Christoph Leitl, and
members of the Foreign Policy Committee of Parliament.
Both Foreign Ministers showed great interest
in expanding existing economic relations further.
The two saw great potential for future cooperation in
fields including the energy sector, health, education,
tourism and waste management. The volume of bilateral
trade between the two countries in 2013 was
over 360 million Euro. Around 30 Austrian companies
were located in Bangladesh at the time. “There is
an imbalance in trade relations between our two
countries. There exist great potentials to expand our
bilateral trade to 1 Billion Euro by 2020, and thereby
gradually offsetting the trade imbalance. Most importantly,
Austrian investment in Bangladesh in sectors
like renewable energy, waste management, agro
industry, pharmaceuticals, physical infrastructure
and service sectors including tourism can further
contribute to the healthy trade and economic relations
between the two countries. One of the objects
of our mission here in Austria is to work towards
achieving these goals,” Ambassador Zafar stated.
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