Relations with India a priority for Bangladesh: Adviser
Observing that Indo-Bangla relations remained imbalanced, Bangladesh's caretaker government said it is according priority for developing ties with India and wanted New Delhi to take equal responsibility and also make Dhaka feel secured.
By PTI |
DHAKA: Observing that Indo-Bangla relations remained imbalanced, Bangladesh's caretaker government said it is according priority for developing ties with India and wanted New Delhi to take equal responsibility and also make Dhaka feel secured.
"India is a priority in Bangladesh foreign policy and vice versa because of the dictates of geography, history, culture, interest etc...We are pleased to note India has accepted a symmetry responsibility being a large neighbour endowed with more resources," Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury said in an exclusive interview to the media.
Asked if the past six months after the installation of the current interim government saw any major shift in bilateral ties, Chowdhury said there was an "imbalance" in the relationship with India and that is why Dhaka expected New Delhi to play a symmetry role.
"We see every sign that it is happening," he said about India's symmetry role, adding that Bangladesh was evolving a standing foreign policy to develop ties with other South Asian countries.
"Most certainly there is an improvement as (Indian External Affiars Minister) Pranab Mukherjee and I have both agreed that it is our desire to take our relationship to an irreversible trajectory," Chowdhury said.
He said the two countries agreed to create appropriate parameters of relationship "within which details will be worked out by the designated mechanism."
"India is a priority in Bangladesh foreign policy and vice versa because of the dictates of geography, history, culture, interest etc...We are pleased to note India has accepted a symmetry responsibility being a large neighbour endowed with more resources," Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury said in an exclusive interview to the media.
Asked if the past six months after the installation of the current interim government saw any major shift in bilateral ties, Chowdhury said there was an "imbalance" in the relationship with India and that is why Dhaka expected New Delhi to play a symmetry role.
"We see every sign that it is happening," he said about India's symmetry role, adding that Bangladesh was evolving a standing foreign policy to develop ties with other South Asian countries.
"Most certainly there is an improvement as (Indian External Affiars Minister) Pranab Mukherjee and I have both agreed that it is our desire to take our relationship to an irreversible trajectory," Chowdhury said.
He said the two countries agreed to create appropriate parameters of relationship "within which details will be worked out by the designated mechanism."
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