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Dhaka, Delhi ties reach a newer height: BD envoy
NEW DELHI, Aug 16, 2019 (BSS) – The friendly relations between Bangladesh
and India have grown stronger and reached a newer height under the guidance
of Prime Ministers Sheikh Hasina and Narendra Modi.
This was stated by Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali
in a speech to the officers taking part in the 59th NDC course at National
Defence College in New Delhi on Friday.
The envoy spoke on “Framework of Bangladesh-India relations: Opportunities
and Challenges”.
Besides, participants from India, the 47-week course has 25 overseas
officers from Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brazil, Egypt,
Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Oman,
the Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the United Arab Emirates (UAE),
the United Kingdom (UK), The United States of America (USA) and Vietnam.
Syed Muazzem said Bangladesh and India has focused on security, mutual
trust, confidence building and promoting physical and people-to-people
connectivity. The bilateral relations are so cordial that the two countries
have emerged as a role model for neighbourhood diplomacy, he said.
He said Sheikh Hasina has restored mutual trust between the two close
neighbours and brought about a change in the mindset regarding the bilateral
ties.
“There is now a greater recognition on both sides that the destinies of our
two neighboring countries are inescapably intertwined and we must grow
together,” the freedom fighter diplomat told the officers at the prestigious
course.
Syed Muazzem said Bangladesh and India have steadily developed bilateral
defence engagements in recent years.
The two countries signed five MoUs on defence cooperation during Sheikh
Hasina’s India visit in 2017. The cooperation covers fields of general
cooperation, training exchange and procurement of equipment, defence
financing, medical cooperation and knowledge sharing between the top defence
institutes of both countries.
He said both countries have strengthened security cooperation and are
committed to eradicating terrorism. Bangladesh’s avowed policy is not to
allow its soil for any terrorist activity against India or any other country.
It has received full cooperation from India too, the envoy added.
BSS/PR/SAS/SSS/1909 hrs