Bangladesh looks forward to Narendra Modi s visit
Bangladesh State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Tuesday said Dhaka looked forward to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit this month
| 4 March 2021 6:15 AM GMT
DHAKA: Bangladesh State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Tuesday said Dhaka looked forward to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi s visit this month to take forward the relations with some deliverables. Modi s planned visit to Bangladesh on March 26-27 will be his first foreign trip in more than a year mainly because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is scheduled to arrive on Thursday on a brief visit to discuss Modi s trip. Jaishankar is likely to arrive by a special aircraft on Thursday morning and will leave Dhaka the same day.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the existing problems between neighbouring countries need to be resolved through discussions. "There might be problems among neighbouring countries. The problems should be resolved through negotiations and discussions," she told visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar when he met her at the Gono Bhaban. PM's
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Diplomatic Correspondent
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In a major breakthrough, India on Thursday said it has picked “connectivity” with Bangladesh as a big goal for the years to come that might change the entire logistics and whole geo-economics of the region giving the Bay of Bengal a very different look. Connectivity between the two countries can change the face of the region. Connectivity is productivity, said Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar adding that India is keen to take as its major focus the India-Bangladesh connectivity issue for next 20 years to change the region’s geo-economic scenario.
India to focus “connectivity” for next 20 years ties with Bangladesh
BSS
4th March, 2021 06:52:58
Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar today said India was keen to take as its major focus the India-Bangladesh connectivity issue for next 20 years to change the region’s geo-economic scenario.
“Fifty years (of Indian-Bangladesh bilateral relations) are over, think for, no not fifty years think next twenty years,” he said emerging along with his counterpart Dr AK Abdul Momen to a joint media briefing following their one and half hours of talks.
Jaishankar added: “I would say most of all let us look at connectivity . . . I would pick connectivity as a big goal (for our relationship).”
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the problems between neighbouring countries should be resolved through discussions and negotiations. "There might be problems among the neighbouring countries. We believe that the problems should be resolved through discussions and negotiations," PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim quoted the premier as saying. The PM said this when