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Dhaka will show high respect to Modi as guest: Momen
DHAKA, March 2, 2020 (BSS) – Foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said
Dhaka will show all respect to Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi as a guest
when the premier will visit here to join the mega event of birth centenary
celebration of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
“We had invited him which he accepted … so as our tradition we will give
him respect in every possible way as the guest,” he told journalists after
emerging from a meeting with visiting Indian foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan
Shringla at foreign ministry here.
Asked if Modi could be the main speaker of the inauguration of the Mujib
Year on March 17, the minister said the Indian premier was likely to get most
respected position among the foreign dignitaries as as prime minister of the
world’s largest democracy and Bangladesh’s closest neighbour.
“Our relationship (with India) is based on principles of values and
sacrifice,” he said.
Momen said during the meeting with Shringla, he raised Bangladesh’s concern
about increasing trend of border killing as well as delay of Tessta water
sharing agreement.
The minister said Shringla told him that India was working seriously on
Teesta issue and the much awaited agreement is at final stage.
Apart from Tessta river, the foreign minister expected that some deals
would be signed on water sharing of other transboundary rivers between
Bangladesh and India during the Modi’s visit here later this month.
About border killing, Shringla apprised the Bangladesh foreign minister
that India is sincere to ensure zero killing along the frontier.
Earlier, the Indian foreign secretary, who arrived here on a two-day visit
this morning, held a bilateral meeting with his Bangladesh counterpart Masud
Bin Momen.
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