Zia invites Mizoram CM to visit on border trade

Aizawl, Apr 10: Bangladesh Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia has invited Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga to visit the neighbouring country to chalk out plans for border trade.

Official sources here today informed that Mr Zoramthanga was the first chief minister from the Northeast to have a meeting with Begum Khaleda Zia in Delhi during her recent visit.

The Mizoram chief minister told the Bangladesh Prime Minister of his idea of planting high-yielding variety of bamboos on both sides of the border for the benefit of the people residing in the border areas as well for flood control.

He talked of the feasibility to export bamboo chips and vegetables from Mizoram to Bangladesh and in turn import cement, iron rods and other commodities from Bangladesh to Mizoram.

The sources here informed that the Bangladesh Prime Minister was happy at the Chief Minister's suggestions and invited him to visit her country at the earliest to chalk out detailed plans for the border trade.

UNI