New Delhi: India and Bangladesh signed 5 MoUs to additional improve bilateral ties between the 2 nations throughout Prime Minister Narendra Modi delegation-level meeting with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Saturday (March 27, 2021). PM Modi has since left for India after concluding his two-day go to to Bangladesh.
Taking to Twitter, the Prime Minister knowledgeable that: “India and Bangladesh signed MoUs in key sectors such as disaster management, sports and youth affairs, trade, technology and more. These will add strength to our development partnership and benefit the people of our nations, especially the youth.”
India and Bangladesh signed MoUs in key sectors akin to catastrophe administration, sports activities and youth affairs, commerce, expertise and extra. These will add energy to our growth partnership and profit the folks of our nations, particularly the youth.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 27, 2021
PM Modi visited the Jeshoreshwari and Orakandi Temples in southwestern Shatkhira and Gopalganj to supply prayers. “Today, I got the opportunity to offer prayers before Maa Kali…I prayed to her to free the human race from COVID-19,” he stated.
PM Modi, who’s visiting Bangladesh on his first abroad journey to a international nation for the reason that coronavirus outbreak, stated that he had a ‘productive meeting’. He held one-on-one talks with Hasina which was adopted by a delegation-level meeting, which continued for over an hour.
They reviewed the total vary of bilateral ties and mentioned methods to deepen the financial and cultural linkages within the occasions to come back.
PM Modi reiterates dedication to conclud Teesta deal
PM Modi on Saturday reiterated India’s “sincere and continued efforts” to conclude the long-pending Teesta water-sharing settlement, talking on the matter, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla stated the Teesta problem was mentioned throughout the talks between the 2 leaders.
“Prime Minister Modi reiterated India’s sincere and continued efforts to conclude this agreement in consultation with relevant stakeholders,” he instructed reporters. “River water cooperation is something that will continue…We have extensive cooperation,” Shringla instructed PTI.
The Indian facet additionally requested for early finalisation of the draft of the interim settlement for sharing of water of Feni River, pending with the Bangladesh facet which had been agreed upon by either side in 2011.
India, Bangladesh talk about nuclear cooperation
(*5*) Foreign Secretary Shringla stated whereas highlighting the essential selections taken throughout the bilateral talks. Also, either side have expressed curiosity in increasing the cooperation within the house sector.
December 6 to be celebrated as ‘Maitri Diwas’ in India and Bangladesh
During the bilateral discussions on Saturday, PM Modi and PM Hasina determined to have fun December 6 as ‘Maitri Diwas’ yearly to mark the day on which India formally recognised Bangladesh. “PM Modi and PM Hasina decided to celebrate December 6, the day on which India formally recognized Bangladesh, as ‘Maitri Diwas,'” Shringla stated.
On Friday, PM Modi paid tributes to Sheikh Mujibur Rehman by laying a wreath at ‘Mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’ in Tungipara.
