Bangladesh’s Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Iqbal Hassan Mahmood, is visiting Tokyo to participate in the Indo-Pacific Energy Security Ministerial and Business Forum, being held on March 14–15.
The forum is co-hosted by Doug Burgum, chair of the US National Energy Dominance Council and US Secretary of the Interior; Chris Wright; and Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Akazawa Ryosei.
Energy ministers from several Indo-Pacific countries — including Australia, Brunei, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam — are also attending the two-day meeting.
The discussions are focused on strengthening energy security across the Indo-Pacific region, with particular emphasis on ensuring supplies that are abundant, reliable, affordable, secure and dispatchable.
On the sidelines of the forum, Mahmood is expected to hold bilateral meetings with delegations from the United States, Japan and Brunei, as well as representatives from private sector companies, to explore opportunities for expanding cooperation with Bangladesh in the energy sector and related industries.