Dhaka, Feb. 20 -- Austrian Foreign Minister Dr Karin Kneissl paid a courtesy call on President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Wednesday evening.

Welcoming the Austrian minister, the President recalled the moral support extended by the government and people of Austria to Bangladesh during the Liberation War in 1971.

He also mentioned that the then Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky was honoured by Bangladesh with the 'Friends of Liberation War Honour Award' in 2012.

Austria was one of the first countries in Europe as well as in the world which recognised Bangladesh on February 4, 1972.

Hamid stated that there is a huge scope for expansion of the trade and investment volume between Bangladesh and Austria.

He also put importance to streng...