{"id":6371,"date":"2026-04-23T11:57:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T06:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=6371"},"modified":"2026-04-23T11:57:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T06:12:44","slug":"bangladesh-seeks-stronger-ties-with-senegal-at-dakar-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=6371","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh Seeks Stronger Ties with Senegal at Dakar Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Dakar, April 23 \u2014 Bangladesh has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening relations with African nations, including Senegal, during a bilateral meeting held on the sidelines of the Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam met Senegal\u2019s Minister of African Integration and Foreign Affairs Cheikh Niang in Dakar, highlighting opportunities for expanded cooperation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Niang welcomed Bangladesh\u2019s participation in the forum and praised the delegation\u2019s presence despite the long. The State Minister recalled the historic 1981 visit of Ziaur Rahman to Senegal, describing it as a milestone in bilateral relations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Both sides agreed to hold Foreign Office Consultations soon and discussed enhancing cooperation in trade, agriculture, and key industries such as garments, pharmaceuticals, and ICT. Bangladesh also proposed forming a Joint Trade Commission and increasing business exchanges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Senegal appreciated Bangladesh\u2019s contributions to peacekeeping in Africa and expressed interest in closer collaboration in multilateral platforms.The two countries also discussed opening resident diplomatic missions in each other\u2019s capitals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">The State Minister invited her Senegalese counterpart to visit Bangladesh, an invitation he accepted. Bangladesh\u2019s Ambassador to Morocco and Ambassador-designate to Senegal, Sadia Faizunnesa, was also present at the meeting.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 17px;\"><b>By MD Abdur Rahman- Dhaka<\/b><\/span><!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_260423_021046_276.sdocx--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dakar, April 23 \u2014 Bangladesh has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening relations with African nations, including Senegal, during a bilateral meeting held on the sidelines of the Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam met Senegal\u2019s Minister of African Integration and Foreign Affairs Cheikh Niang [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlights"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Messenger_creation_99959E1C-157B-4738-A8CD-B7388B20CC0B.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6373,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6371\/revisions\/6373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}