Dhaka, Aug. 12 -- Japanese Senior Deputy Foreign Minister Namazu Hiroyuki on Wednesday reaffirmed Japan's continued cooperation with Bangladesh under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), the BIG-B Initiative and the Official Security Assistance (OSA) framework and welcomed the recent handover of five patrol boats to the Bangladesh Navy.

The two countries at the 7th Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) had comprehensive, constructive and forward-looking exchanges on the entire spectrum of bilateral relations, including high-level exchanges and cooperation in trade and investment, energy security and green energy, the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), the BIG-B Initiative and defense cooperation.

The two sides also exchanged views ...