Dhaka: The Cabinet on Monday approved a proposal to open seven new Bangladesh missions abroad in addition to clearing another proposal for giving retrospective approval to already established 17 missions abroad.

The approval came from the regular weekly meeting of the Cabinet held at Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.

Briefing reporters after the meeting, Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam said the seven new Bangladesh missions will be established in Kabul, Khartoum, Freetown, Bucharest, Chennai, Sydney, and Toronto.

The 17 Bangladesh missions, already in operation and given retrospective approval, are in Athens, Milan, Mumbai, Istanbul, Lisbon, Kunming, Beirut, Mexico City, Brasilia, Port Luis, Copenhagen, Warsaw, Vienna, Abuja, Addis Ababa, Algiers and Guwahati.

Out of these missions abroad, Shafiul Alam said, four missions — Bucharest, Brasilia, Warsaw and Sydney — have been reopened freshly.