Bangladesh, India ink seven MoUs as Hasina-Modi summit starts
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DHAKA, Dec 17, 2020 (BSS) – Bangladesh and India today signed seven memorandums of understanding (MoUs) on different issues in Dhaka as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina began talks with her counterpart in New Delhi Narendra Modi using the virtual platform, officials said.
“Concerned officials signed the MoUs on behalf of Bangladesh while Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Vikram K Doraiswami inked them on his country’s behalf,” a foreign ministry official familiar with the development said.
He named the deals as: Framework of Understanding on cooperation in hydrocarbon sector, framework agreement on “high impact community development projects, protocol on trans-boundary elephant conservation, MoU on supply of equipment and improvement of garbage/solid waste disposal ground in Barishal City Corporation, MoU on cooperation in the field of agriculture, MoU between the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib
Hasina-Modi summit reflects special nature of partnership
REZAUL KARIM
17th December, 2020 09:25:13
In a major breakthrough, Bangladesh and India have signed seven agreements to boost cooperation and revive a railway link, reflecting a special nature of partnership between the two next-door nations.
The agreements came during a first-ever virtual summit between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Thursday.
Diplomatic circles in Dhaka and New Delhi considered the Bangladesh-India summit as a landmark move to script another golden chapter in relations while the international community considered it as a copybook example of a neighbourly relationship.
“December evokes in all Bangladeshis the spirit of joy, freedom and celebration as we recall with deep gratitude our Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Under his dynamic leadership, we earned our great independence,” Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said while addressing the s
Full text of joint statement on India-Bangladesh virtual summit
17th December, 2020 11:39:01
1. H.E. Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the Republic of India and H.E. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh held a Summit in virtual format on 17 December 2020. Both sides held comprehensive discussions on all aspects of bilateral relations, and exchanged views on regional and international issues.
India-Bangladesh partnership
2. Both Prime Ministers expressed satisfaction over the current state of bilateral relations based on shared bonds of history, culture, language, and other unique commonalities that characterize the partnership. They emphasized that relations between Bangladesh and India are based on fraternal ties and reflective of an all-encompassing partnership based on sovereignty, equality, trust and understanding that transcends a strategic partnership. They paid solemn tribute to the martyrs of the Liberation War of Bangladesh, the
1. H.E. Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the Republic of India and H.E. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh held a Summit in virtual format on 17 December 2020. Both sides held comprehensive discussions on all aspects of bilateral relations, and exchanged views on regional and international issues.
India-Bangladesh partnership
2. Both Prime Ministers expressed satisfaction over the current state of bilateral relations based on shared bonds of history, culture, language, and other unique commonalities that characterize the partnership. They emphasized that relations between Bangladesh and India are based on fraternal ties and reflective of an all-encompassing partnership based on sovereignty, equality, trust and understanding that transcends a strategic partnership. They paid solemn tribute to the martyrs of the Liberation War of Bangladesh, the Muktijoddhas and the Indian soldiers, for their great sacrifices in 1971. They vowed to uphol
Hasina-Modi talks yield 39-point joint statement
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DHAKA, Dec 17, 2020 (BSS) – Bangladesh and India today issued a 39-point joint statement as their premiers held virtual talks, described by both sides as “comprehensive” touching upon all aspects of bilateral relations and respective views on regional and international issues.
The statement highlighted 10 major issues which it said featured the talks between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her counterpart Narendra Modi, with a generalized review of bilateral ties featuring the beginning point of the communiqué.
The statement underlined the 10 issues as: Bangladesh-India partnership; cooperation in health sector in facing the COVID-19; cultural exchanges; border management and security; trade partnership; connectivity; water resources, power and energy; Rohingya crisis; regional and global partnership; and signing of bilateral documents and inauguration of projects.