Dhaka, Dec. 1 -- Ambassador of Spain in Bangladesh Francisco Benitez has expressed his country's earnest desire to deepen its relations with Bangladesh in areas of trade and commerce and beyond.

He was talking to a select group of journalists on Wednesday at the official residence of the Embassy of Spain in Dhaka.

Mr Benitez highly praised Bangladesh's achievements in various fields in recent years. He, however, said the most success stories of Bangladesh, a country that once used to be seen as more of a failed state, are not well-publicised in the outside world.

Pointing to the growing bilateral trade between Bangladesh and Spain, the ambassador could not hide his frustration over a huge trade gap, favouring Bangladesh. Bangladesh exp...