Thai Ambassador to Bangladesh Makawadee Sumitmor on Tuesday said that her country is interested in exploring oil and gas in the deep sea in Bangladesh and supplying LNG to the country. 

The Thai envoy expressed the interest when she paid a courtesy call on State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid at his ministry office at Secretariat, said an official release.

Sumitmor requested the state minister for visible progress over exploration of oil and gas in deep sea and supplying LNG to Bangladesh during the Prime Minister's visit to Thailand.

Nasrul welcomed the Thai envoy's proposal and said Bangladesh will encourage all types of investment here.

"We welcome the interest of Thai PTT Global LNG Company Limited. We give preference to trading and production companies in LNG supply," he said, adding, the matter of signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Thailand to increase energy cooperation between Bangladesh and Thailand has progressed well.

It is expected that the MoU will be signed soon, Nasrul said.

During the meeting, they discussed different issues related to mutual interest between Bangladesh and Thailand.