BGMEA President Faruque Hassan has underscored the importance of building a collaborative supply chain among the countries surrounding the Indian ocean as strengthened regional value chain would help to derive mutual benefits, a press release said on Saturday. The session titled “Roadmap for an economically sustainable future in the Indo-Pacific” was also attended by Aly Houssam El-Din El-Hefny, Secretary General, Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs; Lujaina Mohsin Haider, Chairperson for Infrastructure, Technology, Industrial and Consumer Solutions (ITICS), Oman and Prasad Kariyawasam, Former Foreign Secretary, Sri Lanka as speakers. Doval, Member, Governing Council, India Foundation, chaired the discussion. The 6th Indian Ocean Conference, jointly organized by the Bangladeshi foreign ministry and the India Foundation, is being held in Dhaka on 12-13 May to discuss how the countries of the Indian Ocean region can promote economic development.
