Tbilisi, Georgia, May 3 -- Finance Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Friday said building greater trust and confidence among countries could be key to leverage enormous opportunities for cross border energy trade and attract international finance in energy transition projects in South Asia.

Speaking at a SASEC knowledge event here, the Finance Minister presented Bangladesh's vision for clean and green energy transition.

While speaking as panelist, he focused on building greater trust and confidence among South Asian countries to leverage their additional capacities in hydro, solar and other non-fossil fuel sources for meeting region's growing energy needs in a sustainable manner.

Citing personal anecdotes on a number of South Asian projects, ...