Bangladesh–United Arab Emirates relations

Bangladesh–United Arab Emirates relations refer to the bilateral relations between Bangladesh and United Arab Emirates.

Bangladesh-United Arab Emirates relations

Bangladesh
United Arab Emirates

History

Muhammad Imran is the resident ambassador of Bangladesh to UAE.[1] In 2014 Bangladesh announced visa on arrival for UAE nationals.[2] UAE stopped issuing visas for Bangladeshis after Bangladesh voted for Moscow for the host city of World Expo 2020 and not Dubai. Dubai ultimately was elected the host city. Dubai has denied the existence of a visa ban. UAE has an embassy in Bangladesh.[3]

Economic

As of December 2016 there are an estimated 700,000 thousand Bangladeshi migrants in UAE.[4] Trade between the Bangladesh and UAE stood at 967 million dollar in the 2012-2013 period.[2] UAE has investments of 2.9 billion dollar in Bangladesh.[5]

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References
  1. "Bangladesh urges UAE to ease visa process". The Daily Star. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  2. "Bangladesh grants Emiratis visa-on-arrival travel". The National. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  3. "No visa ban for Bangladesh nationals in UAE". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  4. Reporter, Staff. "Bangladesh-UAE ties based on shared faith, traditions". khaleejtimes.com. Khaleej Times. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  5. Basit, Abdul. "UAE and Bangladesh trade ties continue to grow - Khaleej Times". www.khaleejtimes.com. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
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