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27 July 1997, 18:00 PM

UPDATED 21 June 2013, 04:55 AM

UNFPA SUPPLEMENT 2013

The Netherlands Minister for Development Cooperation, Jan P Pronk, left Dhaka yesterday ending his eight-day long official visit to Bangladesh, reports BSS. Finance Minister Shah AMS Kibria saw him off at Zia International Airport. Earlier, the two ministers signed the minutes of the bilateral official meeting, held on July 23. During his stay in Dhaka, Pronk held talks with Bangladesh ministers on bilateral issues.