During a meeting with the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali, in The Hague on Wednesday, it was mentioned that King Willem-Alexander had a strong interest in Bangladesh's flood-control efforts and climate change adaptation. The Dutch government expressed its commitment to working with Bangladesh to address the challenges posed by climate change. The ministers discussed various topics and agreed to explore the possibility of regular bilateral foreign office consultations. They also discussed extending reciprocal facilities and services to each other's missions in their respective capitals. Bangladesh's Foreign Minister invited the Netherlands King to visit Bangladesh and extended an invitation for his counterpart to visit the country as well, which was accepted. Bangladesh's ambassador to the Netherlands, Sheikh Mohammed Belal, was also present during the meeting.