A special envoy of French President Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday said major French companies inspired by Prof Muhammad Yunus's new theory of social business want to make investments in Bangladesh.
A special envoy of French President Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday said
major French companies inspired by Prof Muhammad Yunus's new theory of
social business want to make investments in Bangladesh.
Martin
Hirsch said Yunus is known to the French people and companies for his
initiative for alleviation poverty as well as the new concept of social
business that has attracted many leading French companies.
Addressing
a press conference at the residence of the French ambassador in Dhaka
prior to his departure ending his three-day visit to Bangladesh, Hirsch
said he came to Dhaka to brief Bangladesh leaders including the prime
minister on the agenda of the G-20 summit and know the latest about
Grameen Bank and its founder.
“We don't interfere even one
millimeter into the internal affairs of Bangladesh and its legal and
judicial process,” he said. “It is no more secret about the current
difficulties between the Bangladesh government and Grameen Bank in the
international arena."
Replying to a question over the issue of
Yunus, the envoy said: "In France we are quite surprised by the
incident in Grameen Bank."
Hirsch told the reporters that he
handed over a letter of Sarkozy to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during
his meeting at Gano Bhaban on Sunday.
The envoy said his
country likes to see the Bangladesh government and the Grameen Bank of
Prof Yunus come together to show their achievements in alleviating
poverty on the international scene, especially before the G-20 summit
to be held in France in November.
