During a trip to Dhaka Thursday, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said water secretaries from both sides will be meeting soon to discuss the issue in greater detail.
Bangladesh, Japan for boosting up partnership
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DHAKA, Feb 25, 2021 (BSS) – Bangladesh and Japan today agreed to further intensify existing excellent ties and work towards building a strategic relationship.
This was stated during an extensive meeting held between Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen and Japanese Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Hiroshi Suzuki as part of regular Foreign Office Consultations (FOC).
The objective of the meeting was comprehensively discussion the bilateral relations and regional and global issues of common interest, a press release said here.
Both the sides recalled Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s groundbreaking visit to Japan in 1973 which laid the rock-solid foundation of the bilateral relations.
Japan interested in developing southern Ctg centring Matarbari projects
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Japan has suggested partnering with Bangladesh in further developing the southern Chattogram area, centring the Matarbari projects, as the two countries agree to build a strategic relationship by intensifying the current excellent bilateral ties.
At a virtual meeting today between Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen and Japanese Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Hiroshi Suzuki as part of regular foreign office consultations, both sides agreed that these projects being built under Japan s Big-B initiative have the potential to benefit not only Bangladesh but also connect the entire region.
India and Bangladesh charted unique model for cooperation: Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla
Shringla said that both the countries have been blessed with history, culture, language and above all an ardent belief in freedom, justice and pluralism.
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NEW DELHI: The relationship between India and Bangladesh has withstood the test of time and both countries have charted a unique model for regional cooperation that is quite unparalleled in South Asia, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Friday.
He said that both the countries have been blessed with history, culture, language and above all an ardent belief in freedom, justice and pluralism, and described the commonalities as the bridge to a future of peace and prosperity.
Shringla said that both the countries have been blessed with history, culture, language and above all an ardent belief in freedom, justice and pluralism, and described the commonalities as the "bridge" to a future of peace and prosperity.