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"India-Bangladesh connectivity key issue for next 20yrs"

Diplomatic Correspondent | banglanews24.com
Update: 2021-03-04 19:39:22

Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar today said India was keen to take the India-Bangladesh connectivity as major issue for next 20 years to change the region’s geo-economic scenario.

“I would say most of all let us look at connectivity . . . I would pick connectivity as a big goal (for our relationship),” he said emerging along with his counterpart Dr AK Abdul Momen to a joint media briefing following their one and half hours of talks. 

The indian minister also said they talked about involving a third country, preferably Japan, to be a major stakeholder in the bilateral engagement in terms of connectivity as both Dhaka and New Delhi were having “very good” relations with Tokyo.

Dr Momen said during the talks “we have committed to continue to work together to take our bilateral relations to newer heights under the leadership of two honorable Prime Ministers Sri Narendra Modi and Sheikh Hasina”.

The Bangladesh foreign minister said the two sides discussed a wide range of ongoing bilateral issues including Covid-19 cooperation, connectivity, trade, water, security, border and lines of credit.

“We focused on possible ways to materialize our commitments and how to prioritize and accommodate each other’s priorities in a mutually beneficial manner,” he said.

Asked for comments about border killing, a major irritant in bilateral relations, he said every death along her frontier is regrettable while some of such casualties were taking place inside India.

“I am sure if we can get it right — no crime, no death — we can together address the problem effectively,” he added.

Jaishankar arrived here this morning for a daylong trip to set agenda of the Indian premier’s planned upcoming visit on March 26-27.

BDST: 1939 HRS, MAR 04, 2021
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