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Industry (FBCCI) invited the French business community to invest,
especially in sectors like information technology, readymade
garments and pharmaceuticals, and joint ventures in the Export
Processing Zones. The FBCCI invitation came at a meeting on Friday
with the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry, according to a press
statement. A forty-two member Bangladesh business delegation is now
in France on a four-country trip in west Europe. Roger Bacri, head of
south and south - East Asia desk of the Paris chamber, presided over
the meeting, while Enamul Kabir, ambassador of Bangladesh in France,
business leaders of France and the Bangladesh businessmen working in
France were present. At the meeting, Kamaluddin Ahmed, director of
FBCCI and leader of the delegation, welcomed the French business
community to come forward for investment in Bangladesh. Ahmed
highlighted the opportunities Bangladesh offers to foreign investors
and urged the French businessmen to establish educational and
vocational training institutes in Bangladesh to facilitate jobs for
the unemployed people. The Bangladeshi envoy presented the current
business scenario of Bangladesh and requested the French business
people to come up with investment projects in Bangladesh. Bacri
expressed his interest to work jointly with the business community of
Bangladesh and also emphasised expansion of the bilateral trade. The
FBCCI business delegation visited Germany last week. They will also
visit Switzerland and Italy.
