Bangladesh Ambassador to Switzerland Sufiur Rahman presented his credentials to President Alan Berset of Swiss Federal Council at the Federal Palace in Bern on Tuesday.

The Ambassador was taken to the palace by a motorcade and a guard of honour was given.

A brief discussion on partnership between the two countries was also held.

Ambassador Sufiur conveyed greetings of Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to the Swiss president.

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Recalling his tour to Bangladesh in 2018, the Swiss President Alan lauded recent economic progress of the country and thanked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for sheltering forcibly displaced Myanmar’s Rohingyas, according to a message received

Ambassador Sufiur called upon the international community including the Switzerland government to play a strong role in repatriating the Rohingya nationals to their country safely.

Highlighting the role of the European country in development of Bangladesh over the past decades, he put up the need for transforming the existing bilateral relationship to a full partnership for socio-economic development.

He requested the Swiss president to boost cooperation between the two countries to face impacts of climate change and develop human resources through exchanging professional knowledge.

Hoping for investment from Switzerland to Bangladesh, the ambassador said the amount of bilateral business is now $1billion while developed technologies and modern gears of Switzerland are used in several economic sectors of the country.

The Swiss President Alan informed that his country’s businesspeople are keen to invest in Bangladesh.

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He urged the Bangladesh ambassador to work on expanding the bilateral relationship especially on economic and cultural sides.