“We recognise that it is the people-to-people connection, rooted in shared aspiration and mutual goodwill, that remains the true beating heart of this enduring friendship (between India and Bangladesh),” said Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi.
The envoy said the two countries were advancing their partnership in key sectors, including trade, connectivity, security and healthcare, and called for continued cooperation towards shared prosperity.
Trivedi said Bangladesh and India were bound by a shared history of the freedom struggle and had built their relationship on mutual respect and partnership. In recent times, he also interacted with a number of Bangladesh ministers and business leaders in that country.
Trivedi, a former Railway Minister under Manmohan Singh Govt, underlined that common people and the youths in both the countries want "employment, education,
health care, good roads and electricity". These are possible to ensure when 'business to business ties' between the two neighbours are encouraged. To take these parleys forward, there is a need to encourage enhanced interactions between officials (commerce ministry) from both the countries.
"They should be in regular touch with each other. There are two fronts. One, political level and the other one is what common people want," he said adding, "I always say in democracy there will be issues always".
"Unyon chhare kicchu hotey parey na (Without development, there can be no forward movement," he told journalists in Dhaka.
Earlier on Aug 15, he said ---
“As we celebrate our independence, it is only fitting to reflect on the special relationship we share with Bangladesh".
Indian Deputy High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pawan Badhe, members of the Indian community, including Indian students in Bangladesh, and prominent Bangladeshi personalities were present at the programme.
As part of the Independence Day observances, officers and staff of the High Commission of India in Dhaka also took part in a Swachhata Abhiyan in the vicinity of the mission. The high commissioner also read out remarks made by Indian President Droupadi Murmu, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his greetings to the nation.
Bangladesh and India discussed lifting Dhaka’s restrictions on Indian yarn imports through land ports, alongside reopening closed border haats and bringing land ports into full operation as the two neighbouring countries seek to strengthen bilateral trade.
The issues came up at a meeting between Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir and Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi at the Secretariat in Dhaka yesterday, according to a ministry statement.
Muktadir said bilateral trade currently stands at around $13 billion, but trade activities had slowed somewhat over the past one and a half years because of several obstacles.
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