Prime Minister Narendra Modi, throughout the second day of his go to to Bangladesh, held a delegation-level assembly together with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina and signed 5 MoUs to additional improve bilateral ties between the 2 nations.
A brand new passenger practice connecting Dhaka and New Jalpaiguri on the Indian facet was additionally inaugurated collectively by PM Modi and Hasina through a video convention. This is the third passenger practice after Maitree Express (Dhaka-Kolkata) and Bandhan Express (Khulna-Kolkata) operating between the 2 neighbouring international locations.
“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,” Modi mentioned.
Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi mentioned Modi and Hasina mentioned the progress achieved in areas of well being, commerce, connectivity, vitality, developmental cooperation and lots of extra.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arms over Covid-19 vaccines made in India to his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka on Saturday. (Source: Twitter/@narendramodi)
Besides, the 2 leaders determined to have a good time December 6, the day on which India formally acknowledged Bangladesh, as ‘Maitri Diwas’, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla mentioned.
“Commerce and connectivity, cooperation and water resources, security, defence, power and energy, Artificial Intelligence, environment and societal application of nuclear energy were also part of the discussion. A significant part of our third line of credit will go to civil nuclear cooperation. Transmission lines of Ruppur Nuclear Power Plant will be developed by Indian companies under the line of credit. Value of these transmission lines will be worth over $1 billion,” he added.
In a humanitarian gesture, PM Modi handed over a representational key of 109 life-saving ambulances to his counterpart Hasina. He additionally handed over a representational field as an emblem of India’s present of 1.2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Bangladesh.
Hasina offered a gold and a silver coin launched on the event of the beginning centenary of her father and Father of Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to Modi. She additionally handed over a silver coin launched on the event of the fiftieth anniversary of Bangladesh’s Independence.
The two leaders additionally collectively inaugurated three new border haats alongside the India-Bangladesh border, laid the inspiration of a monument at Bangladesh’s Ashuganj in reminiscence of the Indian troopers who have been killed within the 1971 Liberation battle and prolonged improvement work at Rabindra Bhawan Kuthibari in Shilaidaha of Bangladesh’s Kushtia.
Prime Minister Modi on the Bangabandhu Mausoleum Complex on Saturday. (Source: Twitter/@narendramodi)
Prime Minister Modi reiterated India’s “sincere and continued efforts” to conclude the Teesta water-sharing settlement in session with related stakeholders throughout his talks with Hasina. “The Indian side also requested for early finalisation of a draft for sharing of water of Feni River pending with the Bangladeshi side,” Shringla mentioned.
Earlier within the day, Modi, after providing his prayers at a temple in Gopalganj’s Orakandi, the birthplace of Hindu mystic determine and neighborhood’s non secular guru Harichand Thakur, mentioned each the international locations need stability, love and peace on the earth as he underlined that New Delhi and Dhaka needs the world to progress by way of their very own improvement.
Addressing members of the Matua neighborhood, he mentioned, “I am feeling the same emotions as felt by the Matua community members in India after coming to Orakandi.”
PM Modi interacts with members of the Matua neighborhood on Saturday. (Source: Twitter/@narendramodi)
Modi introduced that India will improve one center faculty for ladies and arrange a major faculty in Orakandi.
“Both nations are facing this pandemic strongly and fighting it together. India is working hard as it feels that it is its duty to ensure the ‘Made in India’ vaccines reach the citizens of Bangladesh,” Modi added.
Modi additionally visited the Jeshoreshwari Kali Temple in Ishwaripur and paid tributes to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Bangabandhu Mausoleum Complex.
