External Affairs Minister
Dr. S. Jaishankar has said that Bangladesh is central to India’s
neighbourhood first policy. Addressing a joint media meet in Dhaka on
Thursday along with his Bangladeshi counterpart, Dr. Jaishankar said
that the relation between the two countries transcends even the
strategic relationship. He said that the importance of Bangladesh is
growing in India’s Act East policy. The Minister said there are enormous
possibilities of growth of ties between the two countries.
Dr. S. Jaishankar said that India and Bangladesh are working hard to
expand their relationship in all dimensions ranging from security,
trade, transport and connectivity, culture, people to people ties,
energy, joint development of shared resources to defence. He said that
the comfort level of the two countries is so high that there is no issue
which they can't solve by amicable discussion.
Speaking about the growing relationship even during the Covid pandemic,
the External Affairs Minister said that Bangladesh is the largest
recipient of 9 million doses of Made in India vaccine. He said it is a
matter of satisfaction that despite COVID pandemic, interaction between
the two countries continued unabated with several meetings at the high
level.
Highlighting the concrete gains made in the relationship between India
and Bangladesh, the External Affairs Minister said that practical
progress has been made on the ground. Conducting a trial run of
container cargo through Chattogram port to Agartala, adding two new
protocol routes to inland waterways connecting Tripura to the national
waterways, handing over 10 BG locomotives, forming a Joint venture in
the energy sector are some recent examples.
Dr. Jaishankar congratulated Bangladesh on its graduation from the LDC
status. He said it is a tribute to its miraculous socio economic
progress and the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He said
India will always be there with Bangladesh as its reliable friend.
EAM Dr. S. Jaishankar made a courtesy call
on the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence in Dhaka
in the afternoon.
He had arrived in Bangladesh on a day long visit on Thursday
morning. Earlier in the day, he held a meeting with the Foreign Minister
of Bangladesh Dr A K Abdul Momen in Dhaka.
EAM left Dhaka for India after completing his one day visit to Bangladesh.
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