The newly-elected President of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Md Siddiqur Rahman, and other leaders were visited by the Ambassador of the Netherlands to Bangladesh Leoni Margaretha Cuelenaere, recently. Faruque Hassan, BGMEA Senior Vice-President, Directors ANM Saifuddin and Miran Ali were also present at the time.

BGMEA Vice President (Finance) Mohammed Nasir who was present at the meeting said that it was only a courtesy call and they discussed how Bangladesh's exports to the Netherlands could be increased. Besides, they also discussed issues relating to product prices and further market expansion to the Netherlands.

Now, after the security concerns, Nasir said that many foreign buyers were again coming to Bangladesh. Many international buyers were wary of going to the country after the killing of two foreign nationals, one Italian and a Japanese, in Dhaka, recently.

Nasir, the Managing Director of Evergreen Sweaters, said that Ambassador of the Netherlands to Bangladesh visited their office without any security personnel and discussed RMG issues with the BGMEA leaders. Syed Nurul Islam, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Well Group however said that there were certainly some issues after the killings and that some international buyers were asking for meetings abroad in countries such as China or Hong Kong for their convenience.

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