Banjul, Gambia, May 5 -- Bangladesh and Egypt have agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation by organising regular foreign office consultations.

Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Hassan Shoukry had a meeting on Saturday afternoon on the sidelines of the opening session of the 15th Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Summit in Gambia and discussed issues related to mutual interest, including increasing trade and investment between the two countries and the Rohingya crisis.

Bangladesh looking forward to boost trade with Gambia in agriculture

At the meeting, Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud proposed mutual visa exemption and trade expansion with Egypt and the Egyptian foreign minister initially agreed i...