UNB, Dhaka :
Bangladesh and India on Friday agreed on the need to expedite “safe and sustainable” repatriation of Rohingyas to their place of origin in Rakhine State of Myanmar.
The issue came up for discussions at the fifth meeting of the Bangladesh-India Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) meeting held in New Delhi.
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj co-chaired the JCC meeting.
Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj assured Bangladesh Foreign Minister of India’s continued support for safe, speedy and sustainable return of the displaced people to Myanmar.
She expressed appreciation for the humanitarian gesture of Bangladesh in supporting a large number of displaced people from the Rakhine region of Myanmar.
Dr Momen conveyed the gratitude of government of Bangladesh for the humanitarian assistance provided by India in four tranches since September 2017 to help meet the requirements of the displaced persons from Myanmar.
The Indian External Affairs Minister congratulated the visiting dignitary on his assumption of office as Foreign Minister, and appreciated the significance attached to the bilateral relationship, as indicated in his decision to make India the destination of his first visit abroad.
The two ministers reaffirmed that the relationship between India and Bangladesh, forged in the 1971 Liberation War, goes far beyond a strategic partnership.
“Today, it’s anchored in history, culture, language and shared values of democracy, secularism, development cooperation and countless other commonalities,” according to a joint statement issued after the meeting.
During the meeting, the ministers discussed the gamut of bilateral issues of mutual interest
and reviewed ongoing cooperation, including the implementation of decisions taken during the visits of Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, as well as at the last meeting of JCC in October 2017, in Dhaka.
The ministers expressed satisfaction that both countries are working closer than ever before in every sector, from security and border management to mutually-beneficial trade and investment flows, power and energy, river water sharing, development partnership, transport connectivity, culture, people-to-people contacts.
They welcomed the fact that the relationship was now broadening to include new and high technology areas for partnership, such as space, nuclear energy, IT and electronics.
The ministers tasked their accompanying officials to develop a forward looking roadmap for bilateral cooperation to make the partnership irreversible.
They particularly desired that the efforts of partnership-building should be enhanced in a manner commensurate with the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s Liberation.
Bangladesh and India on Friday signed four MoUs to further strengthen the existing “multifaceted cooperation” between the two countries, according to a joint statement.
The MoUs were signed at the fifth meeting of the Bangladesh-India Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) held in New Delhi.
Foreign Minister Dr Ak Abdul Momen and his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj co-chaired the JCC meeting.
Bangladesh and India on Friday agreed on the need to expedite “safe and sustainable” repatriation of Rohingyas to their place of origin in Rakhine State of Myanmar.
The issue came up for discussions at the fifth meeting of the Bangladesh-India Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) meeting held in New Delhi.
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj co-chaired the JCC meeting.
Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj assured Bangladesh Foreign Minister of India’s continued support for safe, speedy and sustainable return of the displaced people to Myanmar.
She expressed appreciation for the humanitarian gesture of Bangladesh in supporting a large number of displaced people from the Rakhine region of Myanmar.
Dr Momen conveyed the gratitude of government of Bangladesh for the humanitarian assistance provided by India in four tranches since September 2017 to help meet the requirements of the displaced persons from Myanmar.
The Indian External Affairs Minister congratulated the visiting dignitary on his assumption of office as Foreign Minister, and appreciated the significance attached to the bilateral relationship, as indicated in his decision to make India the destination of his first visit abroad.
The two ministers reaffirmed that the relationship between India and Bangladesh, forged in the 1971 Liberation War, goes far beyond a strategic partnership.
“Today, it’s anchored in history, culture, language and shared values of democracy, secularism, development cooperation and countless other commonalities,” according to a joint statement issued after the meeting.
During the meeting, the ministers discussed the gamut of bilateral issues of mutual interest
and reviewed ongoing cooperation, including the implementation of decisions taken during the visits of Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, as well as at the last meeting of JCC in October 2017, in Dhaka.
The ministers expressed satisfaction that both countries are working closer than ever before in every sector, from security and border management to mutually-beneficial trade and investment flows, power and energy, river water sharing, development partnership, transport connectivity, culture, people-to-people contacts.
They welcomed the fact that the relationship was now broadening to include new and high technology areas for partnership, such as space, nuclear energy, IT and electronics.
The ministers tasked their accompanying officials to develop a forward looking roadmap for bilateral cooperation to make the partnership irreversible.
They particularly desired that the efforts of partnership-building should be enhanced in a manner commensurate with the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s Liberation.
Bangladesh and India on Friday signed four MoUs to further strengthen the existing “multifaceted cooperation” between the two countries, according to a joint statement.
The MoUs were signed at the fifth meeting of the Bangladesh-India Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) held in New Delhi.
Foreign Minister Dr Ak Abdul Momen and his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj co-chaired the JCC meeting.
