Indo-BD ties role model of good neighbourliness: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday jointly inaugurated the four projects in Bangladesh through video-conferencing from their respective capitals on Monday.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday jointly inaugurated the four projects in Bangladesh through video-conferencing from their respective capitals on Monday.
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UNB, Dhaka :
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the bilateral relations between Bangladesh and India is a role model of good neighborliness for the rest of the world.
“As a result of such multifaceted and multi-dimensional cooperation, our bilateral relations have become a role model of good neighborliness for the rest of the world. I strongly believe this momentum will continue,” she said during a videoconference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Earlier, the prime ministers of Bangladesh and India jointly inaugurated four projects in Bangladesh, including the supply of 1,100 buses and trucks to Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC), through the videoconferencing from the respective capitals.
Hasina said the two countries have witnessed a remarkable progress over the last decade on cooperation in different conventional and unconventional areas like security, power, trade and commerce, energy, connectivity, infrastructure development, environment, renewable energy, education, culture, people-to-people
contact and health. At the same time, the two countries have expanded cooperation in newer areas, including blue economy and maritime cooperation, peaceful use of nuclear energy, cooperation in outer space, internet band width sharing, cyber security, she said. Hasina reiterated the strong condemnation of the Pulwama attack in Kashmir last month. “We remain steadfast in our resolve to root out the scourge of terrorism from our region and beyond through bilateral, regional and multilateral cooperation,” she said. She expressed her utmost sympathy for the family members of those killed in the Pulwama attack.
“Bangladesh has taken a zero tolerance policy against terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and will never allow its land to be used by any terrorist organization,” she said.
Hasina gratefully recalled the crucial contribution of the Indian government during the Liberation War of Bangladesh saying that the contribution remains an eternal milestone in the relations between the two countries. About the projects, Hasina said it is a matter of great satisfaction that today some of the projects under the 2nd Line of Credit provided by India to Bangladesh are coming close to completion.
The four projects are the supply of Double Decker & Single Decker AC and Non-AC Buses and Trucks to Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (under the 2nd Line of Credit), 36 Community Clinics in districts (Jamalpur, Sherpur, Habiganj, Sunamganj and Brahmanbaria) of Bangladesh under the grant financing of Indian government; 11 Water Treatment Plants in Bhandaria Pouroshova, Pirojpur District, (under the grant financing of the Indian government) and National Knowledge Network (NKN) Extension to Bangladesh.
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