Dhaka, April 29 -- Bangladesh and Indonesia held their first-ever Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) on Thursday with two sides comprehensively reviewing the present status of the bilateral relation.

Bangladesh Foreign Secretary and director general for the Asia Pacific and Africa Masud Bin Momen and Ambassador of Indonesia Abdul Kadir Jailani led the respective delegations at the Consultations in the capital, according to a foreign ministry statement.

They agreed to complete the signing of pending MoUs and agreements on a fast-track basis, pursue sector-specific agenda and do the needful to expand the volume of bilateral trade and investment.

both sides also stressed the early signing of the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA).

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