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External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar will be leaving shortly for Bhutan after completing his visit to Bangladesh. Dr. Jaishankar arrived in Dhaka yesterday on his second official visit since March last year. During his visit Dr. Jaishankar called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and held meeting with Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Dr. A K Abdul Momen in Dhaka.
AIR Correspondent reports, External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar’s visit to Bangladesh is the fourth visit of the highest level of Indian leadership to Bangladesh since March last year.
This signifies the importance of Bangladesh in its neighbourhood first policy. During his meeting Dr. Jaishankar extended Prime Minister Modi’s invitation to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to visit India.
They reviewed issues of bilateral importance as well as issues of regional and global importance. Addressing media in Dhaka after meeting with his Bangladeshi Counterpart, Dr. Jaishankar said that he is looking forward to the visit of Foreign Minister Dr. Momen to Delhi to take part in the 7th round of the Joint Consultative Committee meeting which will lay the ground to take India Bangladesh relationship to the next level.
Dr. Jaishankar expressed satisfaction that trade, investment, travel services, connectivity, and disbursement of loans for the bilateral projects have reached new heights after recovering from the impact of Covid 19 pandemic.
He hoped that projects including in the power and energy sector and connectivity among others will see early commissioning. He hoped for stronger sub-regional cooperation in connectivity and other areas under the Bangladesh Bhutan India and Nepal (BBIN) framework.
Dr. Jaishankar arrived in Dhaka Thursday and called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He later held a meeting with Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen in Dhaka. Dr. Jaishankar extended Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s invitation to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to visit India. During the meeting, both the leaders discussed issues of mutual interest as well as regional and global issues of importance.
Addressing the media after his meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen on Thursday, Dr. Jaishankar said that the visit was aimed at deepening the continuing engagement between the two countries. The regularity, informality and cordiality of the interaction is a very good reflection of trust and confidence between the two countries, said Dr. Jaishankar.
Dr. Jaishankar expressed happiness that trade, disbursement of loans on bilateral projects, travel services and investment are at new heights and that they have recovered the momentum which was lost during the Covid. He hoped for the early commissioning of new projects in energy and connectivity sectors among others. He said that the energy sector, particularly in the hydropower domain offers opportunities for mutually beneficial cooperation between countries in the region.
Dr. Momen reiterated that India is the most important neighbour for Bangladesh, noting that over the last few years both the countries have achieved remarkable progress in a number of areas, said a press release issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) of Bangladesh. Foreign Minister Dr. Momen recalled that the two countries had resolved many of the outstanding issues in the spirit of friendship and cooperation.
He expressed hope that all outstanding issues including the early signing of the Teesta Water Sharing Treaty may be concluded at an early date. Foreign Minister Dr. Momen also announced 200 scholarships by the Government of Bangladesh for the family members of war veterans of India who fought for Bangladesh in 1971.
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