New Delhi (NVI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that Bangladesh is one of the significant pillars of India’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy while holding summit talks with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina.
PM Modi told Hasina that his government has always remained committed to strengthening ties with Bangladesh ever since it came to power. “This year was challenging due to the pandemic but there was good cooperation between India and Bangladesh in this tough time,” the PM said in his opening remarks.
Addressing the India-Bangladesh virtual summit with PM Sheikh Hasina. https://t.co/ewHLRWvVLZ
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 17, 2020
In a further strengthening of ties between the two countries, seven agreements were sealed by the two sides and a pre-1965 railway link was also restored.
With the inauguration of the Haldibari-Chilahati rail link, five links are currently operational between India and Bangladesh. Both sides are committed to revive and operationalise the six pre-1965 rail links, as per officials.
Apart from that, Modi and Hasina also inaugurated a Bangabandhu-Bapu digital exhibition, released a commemorative stamp on Sheikh Mujibur Rehman’s birth centenary.
The seven pacts have been inked to form an India-Bangladesh CEOs forum with IT sector as a priority area.
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