India to stay friend to all of Bangladesh in future: Doraiswami
Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh, Vikram Doraiswami, on Saturday said India, as a nation that shares every possible commonality plus nearly 4100 kilometres of border with Bangladesh, is, was and will always be a friend to all of Bangladesh. “There can be no progress for either India or Bangladesh or anyone in the sub-region, one of us individually: we need each other’s cooperation to ensure a peaceful, stable, secure neighbourhood, and an interconnected sub-region. We in India are committed to this goal, for the equal progress of all of our countries. This is why we are invested in creating a broad based, people-centric development partnership aimed at all people and communities in Bangladesh,” he said. Vikram Doraiswami made the remarks while addressing a programme organised by Mahanagar Sarbojoneen Puja Committee at Dhakeshwari Temple in Dhaka to celebrate Janmashtami, a major festival of the Hindu community marking the birth of Lord Sri Krishna. He said the future of this bilateral friendship is with the people first and foremost, and it is based on the values and goals that Bangladesh set for itself in the first years of its independence in 1971.
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