Dhaka, Sept. 18 -- Turkey's strategically important location, straddling the continents of Europe and Asia, has given it major influence in the region - and control over the entrance to the Black Sea.

Bangladesh and Turkey are showing much interest in broadening relations as two modern Muslim countries with people-to-people contacts spanning the age of Islam, and now exploring new areas of cooperation.

Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen undertook a four-day visit to Turkey last week despite the coronavirus pandemic. It demonstrates the importance that Bangladesh attaches to its relations with Turkey.

On September 14, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina virtually inaugurated Bangladesh's newly constructed Embassy complex in Ankara f...