Bangladesh Ambassador to Türkiye M Amanul Haq has urged the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), the Turkish government’s implementing agency for international development cooperation, to enhance its engagement in Bangladesh within a formal structure and long-term process of cooperation.

The Bangladeshi ambassador made a courtesy call on the Chairman of TIKA, Abdullah Eren, at the latter’s office in Ankara recently and highlighted areas for collaboration in technical capacity building, vocational training, digital transformation, renewable energy, and community-based development projects.

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He highlighted the health industry as a possible area for cooperation and called on TİKA to take steps to improve healthcare services and facilities for Bangladesh's general population on a larger scale.

The ambassador underlined Bangladesh’s impressive socio-economic progress and its desire to attain upper-middle-income status.

Abdullah Eren praised Bangladesh's remarkable development achievements and reiterated TİKA’s commitment to supporting the country's development priorities, according to Bangladesh Embassy in Türkiye.

Bangladesh has significant human and economic potential, and greater access to technology, technical know-how, institutional capacity, and information sharing could further boost the country’s sustained progress, he said.

Eren said TIKA is ready to assist in these efforts and stressed that the Agency is now undergoing a detailed evaluation of possible areas of cooperation in Bangladesh, and that, following this evaluation, a roadmap for future projects and initiatives will be prepared.

The conversations took place in a pleasant, amicable setting, reflecting the strong relations between Bangladesh and Türkiye.

The Ambassador of Bangladesh, at the outset, congratulated Eren on assuming the role of Chairman of TIKA and wished him every success in his new responsibilities.

The Ambassador said that the long-standing collaboration between Bangladesh and TIKA is reflected in the vast range of significant initiatives that the agency has been implementing across several sectors in Bangladesh since its founding there in 2014.

The Ambassador underlined Bangladesh’s impressive socio-economic progress and its desire to attain upper-middle-income status.