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Dhaka, Islamabad discuss closer parliamentary ties

Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad Bir Bikram and Pakistan High Commissioner Imran Haider today discussed the speaker’s forthcoming visit to Pakistan and ways to strengthen parliamentary cooperation.

The talks took place when Haider called on the speaker, according to a press release from the Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka.

Discussions covered capacity-building programmes for parliamentary officials and people-to-people exchanges. Both sides stressed the importance of closer cooperation between the two parliaments in strengthening bilateral relations.

Haider congratulated the speaker on Bangladesh’s election to the Executive Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. The speaker thanked Pakistan for its support during the election, the release said.

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