, Dec. 3 -- Ambassador of Thailand to Bangladesh Thitiporn Chirasawadi has said they envision the next few years as a transformative period where bilateral relationship between Bangladesh and Thailand graduates from a traditional trading partnership to a strategic economic engagement.

"Building on the momentum of our 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties celebrated recently, our primary goal is to initiate and finalize the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations as soon as possible," she told UNB in an interview on Wednesday.

For the FTA, a Letter of Intent (LOI) was signed in April 2024.

The Ambassador said this agreement will be pivotal in dismantling tariff barriers and catalyzing bilateral trade beyond the current volume of approxima...