Dhaka: The year 2021 was an important year for India and Bangladesh as they jointly celebrated the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties, the golden jubilee of Bangladesh’s independence from Pakistan and the birth centenary of the father of the nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The year as Prime Minister of Bangladesh started on a promising note sheikh hasina thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi AstraZeneca-Oxford University to send more than two million doses of vaccine Cowishield, As a gift.
Vaccines helped Bangladesh launch its nationwide vaccination campaign.
PM Modi – in his first visit to a foreign country since covid-19 outbreak – Visited Bangladesh in March and participated in the Golden Jubilee of its Independence from Pakistan and the Birth Centenary of Bangabandhu.
During the visit, which coincided with the 50th year of establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Bangladesh, it was decided to observe 6 December as ‘Maitri Diwas’ (Friendship Day).
India recognized Bangladesh on 6 December 1971, ten days before the liberation of Bangladesh from Pakistan. India was one of the first countries to establish bilateral diplomatic relations with Bangladesh.
Modi said, “Both India and Bangladesh want to see the world moving ahead with their respective developments. Instead of instability, terror and unrest, both countries want to see stability, love and peace in the world.”
In a boost to bilateral ties, a new passenger train connecting Dhaka and West Bengal’s New Jalpaiguri was jointly inaugurated by Modi and Hasina. It was the third passenger train after Maitree Express (Dhaka-Kolkata) and Bandhan Express (Khulna-Kolkata) to run between the two neighboring countries.
Specially honoring the Indian martyrs of 1971 Liberation WarThey jointly unveiled the foundation stone for the first memorial in this country.
Modi also reiterated India’s “sincere and sustained efforts” to conclude the long-pending Teesta water-sharing agreement in consultation with relevant stakeholders.
India and Bangladesh share an international border of 4,096 km, the fifth longest land border in the world, with West Bengal measuring 2,217 km in length.
Both the countries participated in a 10-day multilateral UN-mandated counter-terrorism exercise held in Bangladesh. Bhutan and Sri Lanka also participated in the exercise, along with observers from the US, UK, Turkey, Kuwait, Singapore and Saudi Arabia.
In July, India and Bangladesh reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthen expanded multi-faceted cooperation, as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Bangladeshi counterpart AK Abdul Momen met in Uzbekistan and discussed bilateral and regional connectivity, including COVID-19. issues discussed. and the alternation of Rohingya refugee to Myanmar.
Meanwhile, the threat of human and animal trafficking across the border remains a security threat.
In November, two Bangladeshis were shot dead India-Bangladesh border After attacking a patrol party of the Border Security Force in West Bengal, which had stopped them from smuggling cattle.
Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen called the killings “unfortunate”.
To strengthen bilateral ties, President Ram Nath Kovind visited Dhaka in December and participated in the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Bangladesh’s independence from Pakistan.
During the visit, Kovind said India remains committed to assist Bangladesh in its efforts to achieve stronger economic growth and greater prosperity as they have built “uniquely close” bilateral ties based on age-old ties of kinship, shared language and culture. highlights the relationship.
Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said during a briefing about the high level meetings of President Kovind here that the year 2021 has been very important for bilateral relations.
“It marks the Triveni of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Bangladesh State, the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between our two countries and the 100th birth anniversary of Bangabandhu. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. And on this occasion, we have the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Our External Affairs Minister visited Bangladesh and now the President of India has visited Bangladesh.
Shringla, who was India’s first High Commissioner to Dhaka from 2016 to 2019, said, “So this is a rare occasion or a rare coincidence, in which we have seen three of our senior most dignitaries visit our close and friendly neighbours, in a year. ”
commenting on India-Bangladesh harmonyIndia’s High Commissioner to Dhaka Vikram Doraiswamy called 2021 a “special year”.
When asked to review bilateral ties in the outgoing year, he told PTI, “India-Bangladesh relations have undeniably scaled new heights in the last few years, especially in the year 2021.”
Doraiswamy called the developments “appropriate” as the year marks the 50th anniversary of “India’s recognition of an independent and sovereign Bangladesh” as well as the birth centenary of Bangabandhu, as well as the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s liberation from Pakistan.
Despite the pandemic, “we saw an unprecedented effort on both sides to give special importance to the relationship” and “we need to build on this platform to make the partnership truly irreversible”, the envoy said.
He said that for the first time in recent memory, both the Indian President and Prime Minister made a state visit to Bangladesh within the same calendar year to attend the ceremony as guests of honour.
“We have also had an unprecedented number of other visitors under the leadership of External Affairs Minister (S Jaishankar), thus giving top priority to the best possible relations with Bangladesh,” he said.
Doraiswamy said that on a symbolic level, the two countries exchanged military marching contingents for the first time at each other’s National Day Parade – in Delhi in January and in Dhaka in December.
in spite of covid-19 pandemicThere was an increase in two-way trade as trading ties remained strong. The movement of people was affected, but not stopped by the pandemic.
Even the “unprecedented, once in a century health crisis” could not dampen the momentum in bilateral relations; Rather, it saw Bangladesh as one of the first recipients of COVID vaccines from India, along with expanded cooperation in the health sector, Doraiswamy said.
Bangladesh received over 4000 metric tonnes of liquid medical oxygen in August-September through ‘Oxygen Express’ trains and two liquid medical oxygen plants. India also received medicines and PPE from Bangladesh during its disastrous second wave.
“So the current year has been a watershed year,” Doraiswamy said.
Both countries and both peoples benefit greatly from a strong and irrevocable friendship, especially if it is diverse beyond government-to-government relations, he said.
“For us in India, a stable, peaceful, progressive and prosperous Bangladesh is in the fundamental national interest of India.
“A close cooperative relationship in the widest possible canvas of activity is the guarantor of development for all countries in the eastern part of our subcontinent, but also the best means of effecting such progress,” the envoy said.
The year as Prime Minister of Bangladesh started on a promising note sheikh hasina thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi AstraZeneca-Oxford University to send more than two million doses of vaccine Cowishield, As a gift.
Vaccines helped Bangladesh launch its nationwide vaccination campaign.
PM Modi – in his first visit to a foreign country since covid-19 outbreak – Visited Bangladesh in March and participated in the Golden Jubilee of its Independence from Pakistan and the Birth Centenary of Bangabandhu.
During the visit, which coincided with the 50th year of establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Bangladesh, it was decided to observe 6 December as ‘Maitri Diwas’ (Friendship Day).
India recognized Bangladesh on 6 December 1971, ten days before the liberation of Bangladesh from Pakistan. India was one of the first countries to establish bilateral diplomatic relations with Bangladesh.
Modi said, “Both India and Bangladesh want to see the world moving ahead with their respective developments. Instead of instability, terror and unrest, both countries want to see stability, love and peace in the world.”
In a boost to bilateral ties, a new passenger train connecting Dhaka and West Bengal’s New Jalpaiguri was jointly inaugurated by Modi and Hasina. It was the third passenger train after Maitree Express (Dhaka-Kolkata) and Bandhan Express (Khulna-Kolkata) to run between the two neighboring countries.
Specially honoring the Indian martyrs of 1971 Liberation WarThey jointly unveiled the foundation stone for the first memorial in this country.
Modi also reiterated India’s “sincere and sustained efforts” to conclude the long-pending Teesta water-sharing agreement in consultation with relevant stakeholders.
India and Bangladesh share an international border of 4,096 km, the fifth longest land border in the world, with West Bengal measuring 2,217 km in length.
Both the countries participated in a 10-day multilateral UN-mandated counter-terrorism exercise held in Bangladesh. Bhutan and Sri Lanka also participated in the exercise, along with observers from the US, UK, Turkey, Kuwait, Singapore and Saudi Arabia.
In July, India and Bangladesh reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthen expanded multi-faceted cooperation, as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Bangladeshi counterpart AK Abdul Momen met in Uzbekistan and discussed bilateral and regional connectivity, including COVID-19. issues discussed. and the alternation of Rohingya refugee to Myanmar.
Meanwhile, the threat of human and animal trafficking across the border remains a security threat.
In November, two Bangladeshis were shot dead India-Bangladesh border After attacking a patrol party of the Border Security Force in West Bengal, which had stopped them from smuggling cattle.
Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen called the killings “unfortunate”.
To strengthen bilateral ties, President Ram Nath Kovind visited Dhaka in December and participated in the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Bangladesh’s independence from Pakistan.
During the visit, Kovind said India remains committed to assist Bangladesh in its efforts to achieve stronger economic growth and greater prosperity as they have built “uniquely close” bilateral ties based on age-old ties of kinship, shared language and culture. highlights the relationship.
Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said during a briefing about the high level meetings of President Kovind here that the year 2021 has been very important for bilateral relations.
“It marks the Triveni of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Bangladesh State, the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between our two countries and the 100th birth anniversary of Bangabandhu. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. And on this occasion, we have the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Our External Affairs Minister visited Bangladesh and now the President of India has visited Bangladesh.
Shringla, who was India’s first High Commissioner to Dhaka from 2016 to 2019, said, “So this is a rare occasion or a rare coincidence, in which we have seen three of our senior most dignitaries visit our close and friendly neighbours, in a year. ”
commenting on India-Bangladesh harmonyIndia’s High Commissioner to Dhaka Vikram Doraiswamy called 2021 a “special year”.
When asked to review bilateral ties in the outgoing year, he told PTI, “India-Bangladesh relations have undeniably scaled new heights in the last few years, especially in the year 2021.”
Doraiswamy called the developments “appropriate” as the year marks the 50th anniversary of “India’s recognition of an independent and sovereign Bangladesh” as well as the birth centenary of Bangabandhu, as well as the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s liberation from Pakistan.
Despite the pandemic, “we saw an unprecedented effort on both sides to give special importance to the relationship” and “we need to build on this platform to make the partnership truly irreversible”, the envoy said.
He said that for the first time in recent memory, both the Indian President and Prime Minister made a state visit to Bangladesh within the same calendar year to attend the ceremony as guests of honour.
“We have also had an unprecedented number of other visitors under the leadership of External Affairs Minister (S Jaishankar), thus giving top priority to the best possible relations with Bangladesh,” he said.
Doraiswamy said that on a symbolic level, the two countries exchanged military marching contingents for the first time at each other’s National Day Parade – in Delhi in January and in Dhaka in December.
in spite of covid-19 pandemicThere was an increase in two-way trade as trading ties remained strong. The movement of people was affected, but not stopped by the pandemic.
Even the “unprecedented, once in a century health crisis” could not dampen the momentum in bilateral relations; Rather, it saw Bangladesh as one of the first recipients of COVID vaccines from India, along with expanded cooperation in the health sector, Doraiswamy said.
Bangladesh received over 4000 metric tonnes of liquid medical oxygen in August-September through ‘Oxygen Express’ trains and two liquid medical oxygen plants. India also received medicines and PPE from Bangladesh during its disastrous second wave.
“So the current year has been a watershed year,” Doraiswamy said.
Both countries and both peoples benefit greatly from a strong and irrevocable friendship, especially if it is diverse beyond government-to-government relations, he said.
“For us in India, a stable, peaceful, progressive and prosperous Bangladesh is in the fundamental national interest of India.
“A close cooperative relationship in the widest possible canvas of activity is the guarantor of development for all countries in the eastern part of our subcontinent, but also the best means of effecting such progress,” the envoy said.
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