"Saudi Arabia will always remain beside Bangladesh"

Saudi Arabia will always remain beside Bangladesh in various aspects in order to make its dream come true towards the development, Saudi Ambassador to Bangladesh Essa bin Yousef Al Duhailan said.

In a message marking the 92nd Saudi National Day today (September 24, 2022), he said Saudi-Bangladesh relation is deep rooted and excellent based on strong foundation of religious, cultural, economic and humanitarian ties.

"Saudi Arabia always stands beside Bangladesh helping it, especially in the time of hardship," he said.

Essa bin Yousef said Saudi-Bangladesh relations witnessed more strength after the visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to the Kingdom in 2016 and meeting with the King of Saudi Arabia King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, as well as frequent high-level visits by a number of Bangladeshi high officials to Saudi Arabia and vise-versa.

"Apart from this, nowadays, Saudi companies also have expressed their cordial eagerness to invest in Bangladesh in various sectors because of peace, political stability, rules-regulations and good incentives.

"This will help to take the bilateral strong relationship into a new height as well as assist Bangladesh government to fulfill its vision of reaching in the list developing country by 2026."

He said Bangladesh gives great importance to the Kingdom, which extended help to improve the living standards and socio-economic development of Bangladesh.

On the other hand, around 2.6 million Bangladeshis are working in the Kingdom, the largest overseas labour market of Bangladesh. They send more than $3.5 billion remittance every year.

The Kingdom has a great contribution to betterment of the living standards of all people of this country. There are many districts of Bangladesh located on coastal areas, which are facing every year the natural disasters, floods and cyclones, Essa bin Yousef Al Duhailan said.

He said the Kingdom has supported different projects including building houses, schools, mosques, orphanages, flood shelter houses as well as hospitals, bridges and power plants. The cooperation will continue in the days to come.