Reports noted that William Hana, EU Ambassador and head of delegation in Dhaka, paid his first call on Foreign Minister Dipu Moni at the Foreign Ministry on April 13. Dipu Moni briefed the envoy about recent achievements made by the Bangladesh Government in the field of women's emancipation, poverty eradication and especially mentioned about the strong measures taken to fight corruption. She informed that Bangladesh highly values her relation with European Union (EU) for being its biggest development partner, destination for its exports and source of foreign direct investments (FDI) in Bangladesh. The ambassador assured her that EU would continue extending support to Bangladesh in projects under existing areas of cooperation.1

• 1. “EU biggest dev partner Says Dipu Moni”, The Daily Star, April 14, 2011 at http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=181709