both nations welcomes initiatives in furthering the bilateral co-operation in various areas including trade and investment, agriculture, defence, education, food security, good governance, counter-terrorism, research and technology as well as disaster mitigation and management. besides bilateral co-operation, both nations exchanged their views on the two countries' co-operation in regional and global fora. as the muslim majority countries, both nations also exchange view and voiced their concern on addressing the rohingya muslim refugees issue in neighbouring myanmar.