Bangladesh: Dhaka looks into Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, Momen

DHAKA, 13 June 2022, (TON): Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said “his ministry is currently studying different aspects of newly formed Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity to determine whether it would be beneficial for Bangladesh to join.”

He told media at his office "we are studying on it,”

Tokyo US President Biden launched the IPEF with 12 other couturiers; Australia, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam - which together represent 40 percent of world GDP.

The USA said “there would be opportunities for other countries to join in IPEF and Washington expects that Bangladesh would follow it closely.”

While asking China's stand on IPEF, the foreign minister said “there may be observations of different countries on whether Dhaka should join IPEF or not but we will only do that protects our national interest.”

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