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Published on February 2, 2015
Calling Bangladesh a “success story”, CACCI president said that “Bangladesh has become a good example for other countries in progress despite all political turmoil as development has taken place, growth remain steady.”
“The country has achieved a lot since its independence, especially in the last 10 to 15 years. Everyone should see it because it is completely different from what I was expecting," he said at a meeting with Finance Minister AMA Muhith at the latter's office in the secretariat. Inaishvili was heading a business delegation from CACCI on a four-day visit to Bangladesh on the invitation of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
Pradeep Kumar Shreshtha, vice president of CACCI urged Bangladesh to become an active member of CACCI to reap the benefits, saying it would be a win-win situation for chambers in Bangladesh and chambers in the CACCI as the CACCI is a very big organisation.
CACCI is a regional grouping of apex national chambers of commerce and industry, business associations and business enterprises in Asia and the Western Pacific.
Since its establishment in 1966, the chamber has grown into a network of national chambers of commerce with members from 27 countries, including New Zealand, Russia, Georgia, the Philippines and Iran.
Chambers from 27 countries are now members of CACCI; another three countries will join in a few months, said Shreshtha.
Many countries in the CACCI do not know much about Bangladesh, he said. "This opportunity should be taken by the business community in Bangladesh."
CACCI should work on relaxing visa requirements for businesspeople in Saarc, so they can move freely within the CACCI member countries, which will ultimately benefit trade and commerce, he added.
Samir Modi, senior vice president of CACCI, said the whole world is impressed by the progress made by Bangladesh. "We are really impressed by the good governance the country has had."
He said the Silk Road Sea Project would be very useful for Bangladesh.
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