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Bangladesh-India ties transcend from strategic partnership: Shringla
DHAKA, March 27, 2021 (BSS) – Indian foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla today said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s current visit excelled the present India-Bangladesh bilateral relationship beyond the boundary of strategic partnership.
“Prime Minister’s (Modi’s) visit to Bangladesh in 2015 made India-Bangladesh relations stronger and more multifaceted … and today our (India-Bangladesh) ties transcended from strategic partnership,” he told reporters at a media briefing this evening at Hotel Sonargaon in the capital.
The Indian foreign secretary arranged the briefing to reveal different outcomes of Modi’s two-day state visit that also featured bilateral talks with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina which were held today.
Pointing out that it is the first overseas tour of Indian premier after a year and half due to COVID-19 pandemic, Shringla said “It reflects that India attaches highest importance to Bangladesh in its ‘neighborhood first’ policy.”
Terming the visit as ‘historic’, the Indian foreign secretary said, during the bilateral talk, two premiers Sheikh Hasina and Narendra Modi held comprehensive discussions in all areas of cooperation.
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