US EditionFrance, Bangladesh Sign Deal to Provide Loans, Satellite Technology During Macron's Visit
- French President Emmanuel Macron visited Bangladesh and witnessed the signing of a deal to provide loans for infrastructure development, as well as a letter of intent for an earth observation satellite system. The agreement was signed between Bangladesh's Economic Relations Division and the French Development Agency. Macron's visit is seen as a step to bring investments from France in sectors where the US, China, and India are heavily engaged.
- The earth observation satellite system will be used to monitor crops and the sea, filling the monitoring gap currently present. Bangladesh previously bought its first geostationary satellite from France in 2018.
- Macron and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina also discussed the facilitation of trade and stability in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as projects related to the impacts of climate change. Macron's visit is seen as a boost for Hasina's upcoming general election.
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B'desh, France sign bilateral deals on infrastructure, satellite system after Macron & Hasina hold talks
Bangladesh and France on Monday signed two bilateral agreements to improve cooperation in infrastructure and to build the first-ever earth observation satellite after French President Emmanuel Macron held wide-ranging talks with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina here.Macron arrived in Dhaka on Sunday from India after participating in the G20 Summit in New Delhi. It was the first visit by any French president to Bangladesh since 1990.
With Bangladesh Visit, Macron Caps France's Asian Pivot
Whether he’s lobbying for Airbus to sell aircraft to Bangladesh or scouring for rare earths in Mongolia, French President Emmanuel Macron is on the offensive in Asia, pitching France as a useful alternative to bigger powers. After two days of high-level talks with G20 leaders in New Delhi, where he was treated to lunch with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Macron set off for neighboring Bangladesh, a fast-growing South Asian nation of 170 mi…
France, Bangladesh sign deal to provide loans, satellite technology during Macron's visit to Dhaka
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron witnessed the signature of a deal to facilitate loans to Bangladesh aimed at infrastructure development, as well as a letter of intent to provide the South Asian country with an earth observation satellite system. This came on Monday during Macron’s two-day visit to Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, where he met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, to bolster bila…
France, Bangladesh sign deal to provide loans, satellite technology during Macron's visit to Dhaka
French President Emmanuel Macron witnessed the signature of a deal to facilitate loans to Bangladesh aimed at infrastructure development, as well as a letter of intent to provide the South Asian country with an earth observation satellite system
France, Bangladesh sign deal to provide loans, satellite technology during Macron's visit to Dhaka
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- French President Emmanuel Macron witnessed the signature of a deal Monday to facilitate loans to Bangladesh aimed at infrastructure development, as well as a letter of intent to provide the South Asian country with an earth observation satellite system.
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