Finance adviser leaves for Nepal to attend Safta meet
Unb, Dhaka
Finance and Commerce Adviser Dr Mirza Azizul Islam left here yesterday for Kathmandu to attend the second Safta Ministerial Council meeting of trade ministers from Saarc countries scheduled for today.Dr Aziz leads a six-member Bangladesh delegation, including a five-member official delegation, to the meeting on South Asia Free Trade Area (Safta). He is scheduled to return home on Tuesday. The official delegation, led by joint secretary of Commerce Mohiuddin, left here on Friday to attend the 2-day Safta Committee of Experts (SCOE) Technical Committee meeting. The trade ministers had their first council meeting in Dhaka on April 20 last year, approving the Safta work programme with a pre-set tariff-cut plan to boost regional trades. As per the Safta roadmap, the developing members are to bring down their tariffs to 0-5 percent in three years while the Saarc LDCs like Bangladesh will do so in 10 years.
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